A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI SEATED ON A GILT-LOTUS THRONE

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Result:

9.065 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, late Ming/ early Qing dynasty
H. 32,7 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a circular plinth above a gilt-bronze lotus throne with his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left rests on his lap, clad in various monk’s garments, including inner-garment secured with a belt knotted to the front and a wide-sleeved mantle, its borders incised with scrolling flowers, his chest cast with the swastika emblem, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, urna at his forehead, smiling
lips, blue coloured curled hair and low cranial protuberance set with a ratna.
Collection Dr. Wilhelm Munich, acquired in the 1960s at Bernheimer, Munich by repute - Base with short old cracks on the stand, the figure with minor wear to gilding, the left thumb old replaced, remains of lapis lazu

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