Seated in dhyanasana on a rectangular throne with vajra at the front, with the hands in dhyana- and bhumisparshamudra, wearing a closely fitting sanghati, the face with prominent ushnisha, backed by a halo and a flaming torana 7¾ in. (19.8 cm.) high
Details
- Title : A copper figure of Buddha
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Copper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : 10th/11th century
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 372
- Price realised : USD 206,500
- Estimate : USD 60,000 - USD 80,000
- Provenance : Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Neustatter, Los Angeles, before 1974 Onno Janssens Collection, Netherlands, acquired from Sotheby's, New York, March 2000, lot 42
- Literature : P. Pal, The Arts of Nepal, 1974, plate 184 *P. Pal, Nepal: Where the Gods are Young, 1976, p. 31, fig. 8 *U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, p. 326, fig 85B