A RARE GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA
SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
A RARE GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA SUI DYNASTY (581-618) Finely cast as Maitreya Buddha shown in a seated position with both legs pendent and the feet supported by lotus, the right hand raised in abhayamudra and the left hand resting on the left knee, wearing layered robes falling in graceful crisp folds around the body, the face well cast with intense expression below the parallel lines of tiny flattened curls which rise to a round usnisa , with the remains of a tab projecting from the back of the head, with traces of an inscription lightly incised on the lower body in back, the first two characters possibly Wang Zhou, the others indecipherable 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high, wood stand, two boxes
A RARE GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA
SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
A RARE GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF BUDDHA SUI DYNASTY (581-618) Finely cast as Maitreya Buddha shown in a seated position with both legs pendent and the feet supported by lotus, the right hand raised in abhayamudra and the left hand resting on the left knee, wearing layered robes falling in graceful crisp folds around the body, the face well cast with intense expression below the parallel lines of tiny flattened curls which rise to a round usnisa , with the remains of a tab projecting from the back of the head, with traces of an inscription lightly incised on the lower body in back, the first two characters possibly Wang Zhou, the others indecipherable 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high, wood stand, two boxes
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