A COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Tibet, 15th cent.
H. 18,2 cm, B. 14 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 garment including a mantle draped over his left shoulder showing a small section shaped as a swallow’s tail, his cold-gilded face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, painted facial details, his blue coloured curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, unsealed.
Old Southern German private collection - Minor wear, slightly chipped