Lot 31
GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 11 March 2020 at 10:00 GMT
£5,250
Description
清 銅鎏金釋迦摩尼佛坐像
cast seated in padmāsana on a double lotus base, the widely-cast petals end at the ungilded backside of the base, the Buddha in his earth-touching gesture bhumisparsha mudra, the robe draped from his left shoulder exposing his right chest, an elaborate tiara decorated with green and red pigments half-covering his distinct ultramarine pigmented hair in tight curls rising to a gilded ushnisha, the base engraved with a crossed vajra
Dimensions
24.3cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Private UK collection