A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BHAISAJYAGURU TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY |

the Medicine Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with a beaded edge, with his left hand holding a bowl filled with amrita, his right hand holding a myrobalan fruit, the face serene with each feature composed and natural, the elongated ears slightly flaring over the shoulders, with upturned lips, a narrow and elongated nose underscored by the gentle and sinuous contours of the eyes and eyebrows, the delineated curls of the head with a tall and prominent ushnisha crowned with a bud, the body draped with a sanghti with an incised hem cascading into folds by the feet Himalayan Art Resources item no. 13636.

Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, 1983.

In very good overall condition for an object of this type and age. With wear to gilding, surface abrasions and accretion, as visible in catalogue illustrations. A very minor dent along the base of the lower beaded edge, possibly occurring at the time of casting. Original base not intact.
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Compare to similar subjects in Sotheby's Paris, 23rd June, 2016, lot 131 and lot 139.