Very finely cast seated in dharmachakra mudra, wearing a long flowing robe draped in concentric folds from both shoulders, his face with a benign expression with an aquiline nose and arched brows, backed by a flaming nimbus with beaded rim 8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
Details
- Title : A gilt copper figure of the Teaching Buddha
- Classification : Sculpture
- Medium : Gilt - Copper
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Period : CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
- Collection : Christies
- LOT : 174
- Lot Essay : Compare with another example at the British Museum, see U. von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, fig. 76A.
- Price realised : USD 39,400
- Estimate : USD 25,000 - USD 35,000
- Provenance : Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977