AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA AMITABHA LATE NANZHAO-EARLY DALI KINGDOM PERIOD, 10-11TH CENTURY The figure is finely cast and shown seated in dhyanasana with his right foot projecting from the hem of the fluidly draped folds of the robe. The hands are held in dyanamudra , with the two hands resting in his lap, thumbs touching the bent index fingers. The robes fall in curved diagonal folds along the contours of the body, exposing the right shoulder and right arm. He is wearing an elaborate scrolling necklace, an arm band on his left upper arm, and bracelets on both wrists. The face has well-defined, arched brows above elongated, almond-shaped eyes and is framed by the pierced, pendulous ear lobes and the neat edge of the hair, which is arranged in tight curls that continue onto the low domed ushnisha decorated in front with a gilded demi-florette. The figure is covered overall in rich, lustrous gilding, except the hair which is left un-gilt. 9 in. (22.5 cm.) high Provenance The Nitta Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 1998, lot 604 Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1998
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA AMITABHA LATE NANZHAO-EARLY DALI KINGDOM PERIOD, 10-11TH CENTURY The figure is finely cast and shown seated in dhyanasana with his right foot projecting from the hem of the fluidly draped folds of the robe. The hands are held in dyanamudra , with the two hands resting in his lap, thumbs touching the bent index fingers. The robes fall in curved diagonal folds along the contours of the body, exposing the right shoulder and right arm. He is wearing an elaborate scrolling necklace, an arm band on his left upper arm, and bracelets on both wrists. The face has well-defined, arched brows above elongated, almond-shaped eyes and is framed by the pierced, pendulous ear lobes and the neat edge of the hair, which is arranged in tight curls that continue onto the low domed ushnisha decorated in front with a gilded demi-florette. The figure is covered overall in rich, lustrous gilding, except the hair which is left un-gilt. 9 in. (22.5 cm.) high Provenance The Nitta Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 1998, lot 604 Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1998
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