A SMALL BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA CHINA, TANG DYNASTY

seated in dhyanasana raised on a lotus pedestal with a stepped base, the right hand raised in abhayamudra and the left hand resting on his knee, dressed in simple monastic robes cascading in ripples over the lower body and covering the legs

Collection of James Marshall Plumer (1899-1960).

There is a chip to the left thumb and to the ends of the robe that fall over the left side of the pedestal. There is a loss to the tab at the back of the figure and a hole drilled in the back of the neck. There is age appropriate surface wear and loss to the gilding.
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A similar figure with a mandorla and stand is illustrated in Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Buddhist Sculpture I, Taipei, 1998, no. 81.