A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT LARGE GILDED IVORY FIGURE OF BUDDHA
LATE YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 14TH-17TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT LARGE GILDED IVORY FIGURE OF BUDDHA LATE YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 14TH-17TH CENTURY The finely carved figure shown standing atop a separate plinth encircled by rows of lotus petals, holding a cintamani ('wish-granting jewel') in the right hand and in the left hand the end of a lotus stem that supports a sutra , the Buddha's chest carved in low relief with a wan emblem surrounded by the looped and pendent strands of the beaded necklace, wearing a shawl draped over the shoulders of layered robes falling in graceful, crisp folds to the tops of the bare feet, the face carved with serene expression and a tiny urna in the forehead below hair carved in 'snail' curls surrounding a small domed usnisa , the center of the back incised with a dedicatory inscription with a date corresponding to AD 1107, with extensive traces of gilding 16¼ in. (41.cm.) high including lotus plinth, stand
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT LARGE GILDED IVORY FIGURE OF BUDDHA
LATE YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 14TH-17TH CENTURY
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT LARGE GILDED IVORY FIGURE OF BUDDHA LATE YUAN/MING DYNASTY, 14TH-17TH CENTURY The finely carved figure shown standing atop a separate plinth encircled by rows of lotus petals, holding a cintamani ('wish-granting jewel') in the right hand and in the left hand the end of a lotus stem that supports a sutra , the Buddha's chest carved in low relief with a wan emblem surrounded by the looped and pendent strands of the beaded necklace, wearing a shawl draped over the shoulders of layered robes falling in graceful, crisp folds to the tops of the bare feet, the face carved with serene expression and a tiny urna in the forehead below hair carved in 'snail' curls surrounding a small domed usnisa , the center of the back incised with a dedicatory inscription with a date corresponding to AD 1107, with extensive traces of gilding 16¼ in. (41.cm.) high including lotus plinth, stand
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