A FINE AND RARE SILVER-AND-COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
NORTHEAST INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
A FINE AND RARE SILVER-AND-COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA NORTHEAST INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY Seated in rajalilasana on a lotus base with his right arm elegantly resting on his raised right leg while the left holds a lotus stem, clad in a dhoti and scarf richly inlaid with silver and copper medallions, adorned with silver- and copper-inlaid jewelry and a sacred thread, his face with a benevolent expression with silver-inlaid eyes and urna and copper-inlaid lips, his hair styled in a high chignon topped by a lotus knop, centered with a stupa and secured by a silver-inlaid tiara 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
A FINE AND RARE SILVER-AND-COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA
NORTHEAST INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY
A FINE AND RARE SILVER-AND-COPPER-INLAID BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA NORTHEAST INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 12TH CENTURY Seated in rajalilasana on a lotus base with his right arm elegantly resting on his raised right leg while the left holds a lotus stem, clad in a dhoti and scarf richly inlaid with silver and copper medallions, adorned with silver- and copper-inlaid jewelry and a sacred thread, his face with a benevolent expression with silver-inlaid eyes and urna and copper-inlaid lips, his hair styled in a high chignon topped by a lotus knop, centered with a stupa and secured by a silver-inlaid tiara 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high
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