A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY OR EARLIER The Buddha is seated in vajrasana on a double lotus base with beaded rims before a mandorla formed of lotus buds. The right hand is held in bhumisparsa mudra , the gesture of 'touching the earth', and the left hand is held with palm facing upwards on his lap, centred with an integral bronze pin likely to have supported an alms bowl. The serene figure has downcast eyes and the forehead is centred with an urna. The figure wears a robe, draped over the shoulders and open at the chest, the hems with beaded details and incised floral scrolls. The lotus base is cast to the lower register with an unusual design of a leafy stem scrolling around lotus buds with three distinct centres: striped, ring-punched and dotted. The underside base plate is sealed. 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high Provenance Private English Collection, acquired in the UK in the 1970s.
A RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY OR EARLIER The Buddha is seated in vajrasana on a double lotus base with beaded rims before a mandorla formed of lotus buds. The right hand is held in bhumisparsa mudra , the gesture of 'touching the earth', and the left hand is held with palm facing upwards on his lap, centred with an integral bronze pin likely to have supported an alms bowl. The serene figure has downcast eyes and the forehead is centred with an urna. The figure wears a robe, draped over the shoulders and open at the chest, the hems with beaded details and incised floral scrolls. The lotus base is cast to the lower register with an unusual design of a leafy stem scrolling around lotus buds with three distinct centres: striped, ring-punched and dotted. The underside base plate is sealed. 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high Provenance Private English Collection, acquired in the UK in the 1970s.
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