A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

China, possibly 16th century
H. 6,8 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a lotus base with his right hand lowered in the bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic robe including an underskirt fastened around his chest showing a pleated border and a mantle covering his left shoulder falling in concentric pleats down his body and legs, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, the front of the lotus base incised with the six-character mark Yongle, sealed.
European private collection - Very minor traces of age