Lot #17

A Bronze Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni

12th Century

Seated in vajrasana on a high pedestal, with his hands in the gesture of teaching, his sanghati loosely draped over his left shoulder falling in crisp folds , his face with cold gilding and finely delineated features, with calm expression and spiral urna, his hair arranged in tight pointed curls with domed ushnisha surmounted by a ball-shaped cintamani.

Provenance: The Blomster Watson Family Collection.Washington DC

Acquired From: C.G. Sloan & Co .Inc. General Auctioneers.Washington.DC

Age discolored, scratches from used before.

Height: 13 cm