Tibet, vers XVe/XVIe siècle
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA
Tibet, ca. 15th/16th century
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 20701
Seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, with his right hand in bhumisparsa mudra, the earth-touching gesture, and his left hand held over the lap in dhyana mudra, wearing a diaphanous sanghati tied over the left shoulder leaving his right shoulder bare, delicately detailed with floral hems and falling in folds between the legs, the noble face with a serene, contemplative expression with downcast eyes below gracefully arched eyebrows and bow-shaped mouth, his tightly coiled hair pigmented blue, the domed usnisha surmounted by a bud-shaped cintamani, the base gilt and incised with a double-vajra.
20 cm (7 7/8 in.) high
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