Lot 130

GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SEATED BUDDHA
MONGOLIA, ZANABAZAR SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

Auction: 12 March 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Description
蒙古 扎納巴扎爾流派 十八世紀 銅鎏金座佛
cast seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus base with his right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, left hand holding a kapala, wearing a tightly fitted sanghati with incised border, face with gold paint
Dimensions
14.8cm high; 742g
Provenance
Formerly in a private UK collection
前英國私人收藏
Footnote
Compare to a gilt bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha, Zanabazar School, 18th century, also with gold painted face, sold at Christie's New York, 21 Mar 2008, lot 643; Also see a gilt-copper-alloy figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, holding the same mudras with this present lot, similarly dated, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 May 2019, lot 141.
