STELE IN BLACK STONE REPRESENTING BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
NEPAL, CIRCA XEME CENTURY
Represented sitting Vajrasana on a loti form base, leaning against a slab, both hands in Dhyana mudra, dressed in a transparent monastic dress revealing the modeling of the body, the serene face, the Urna incised on the forehead, the eyes half-closed, aquiline nose, slightly smiling mouth, elongated earlobes, hair curled in curls and topped with Usnisha and a lotus bud
Height: 51 cm. (20 in.)
Details
- Title : A BLACK STONE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Black Stone
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 252
- Post Lot Text : A BLACK STONE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI NEPAL, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
- Lot Essay : Compare with an earlier example of this rare type of a black stone buddha from Nepal dated to the 7th/8th century, sold at Christie's New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, 20 March 2002, lot 10.
- Price realised : EUR 31,000
- Estimate : EUR 25,000 - EUR 30,000