STATUETTE DE BOUDDHA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉKHASA MALLA, VERS XIIIE SIÈCLE Red lacquer at the back of base; sealed. 13.5cm (5 1/8 in.) highFootnotesA GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA KHASA MALLA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY 卡薩馬拉 約十三世紀 銅鎏金佛像 The facial type, stocky proportions, and lotus leaves relate to sculpture attributed to the Khasa Malla kingdom that extended across Western Tibet and Western Nepal. The defined knuckles of his fingers are similarly indicative. His robe's thick hemline, with still evident chevron designs, and the manner in which it fans over his left shoulder are consistent with a larger example in The Rubin Museum of Art (see Debreczeny, Collection Highlights: The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2014, p. 13). For further discussion on Khasa Malla see Casey & Denwood (eds.), Tibetan Art: Towards a Definition of Style, London, 1997, pp. 68-79. Also compare the facial shape and compressed base with a small figure of Amitayus sold Bonhams, New York, 23 September 2020, lot 621. Provenance: Private Collection, U.K.
STATUETTE DE BOUDDHA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉKHASA MALLA, VERS XIIIE SIÈCLE Red lacquer at the back of base; sealed. 13.5cm (5 1/8 in.) highFootnotesA GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA KHASA MALLA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY 卡薩馬拉 約十三世紀 銅鎏金佛像 The facial type, stocky proportions, and lotus leaves relate to sculpture attributed to the Khasa Malla kingdom that extended across Western Tibet and Western Nepal. The defined knuckles of his fingers are similarly indicative. His robe's thick hemline, with still evident chevron designs, and the manner in which it fans over his left shoulder are consistent with a larger example in The Rubin Museum of Art (see Debreczeny, Collection Highlights: The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 2014, p. 13). For further discussion on Khasa Malla see Casey & Denwood (eds.), Tibetan Art: Towards a Definition of Style, London, 1997, pp. 68-79. Also compare the facial shape and compressed base with a small figure of Amitayus sold Bonhams, New York, 23 September 2020, lot 621. Provenance: Private Collection, U.K.
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