STATUE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA IN GOLDEN BRONZE
NEPAL, CIRCA XVEME CENTURY
He is represented sitting in Vajrasana on a lotiform base. His left hand is resting gently on his thigh. His right hand is in Bumisparshamudra. He is dressed in a monastic robe with an incised ribbon of geometric patterns revealing his right shoulder. Elegant folds fall between her thighs. His face is meditative, his eyes painted. His hair and Ushnisha are capped in small curls. His raised brow of the Urna is girded with an encrusted tiara; unsealed
Height: 30 cm. (11 in.)
Details
- Title : A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt Bronze
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 363
- Post Lot Text : A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI NEPAL, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
- Price realised : EUR 181,500
- Estimate : EUR 40,000 - EUR 60,000
- Provenance : Private collection, Italy, acquired in the second half of the 20th century *Property of a private Italian collector, acquired through auction in the 1990s *Private collection, Italy, acquired in the early 2000s