A RARE LAVENDER AGATE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

seated in dhyanasana, the right hand in bhumisparsamudra and the left hand holding a vase, wearing long flowing robes open at the chest, the hair tightly curled around the protuberant ushnisha, the face with downcast eyes and a gentle smile, seated on a white jade double-lotus pedestal (2)

Edward I. Farmer, New York, 1928. 

The figure with a shallow 1 cm chip to the front of his robes and a shallow 0.5 cm chip to the right side of the hem. The stand in good condition, with very small chips to the tip of lappets.
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