Statue de Bouddha Shakyamuni en bronze doré Tibet, XVE siècle

assis en vajrasana, la main droite en bhumisparsa mudra et la main gauche en dhyana mudra, vêtu d'un sanghati plissé à la bordure finement incisée, le corps robuste à la taille marquée, les cheveux bouclés retenus en un haut chignon surmontés de l'ushnisha, le visage paisible encadré de longs lobes d'oreille percés ; non-scellé

The firgure is in overall good condition with the exception to a crack to the neck just beneath his chin extending from his right hand ear across the fron the the neck to his left hand ear and ca, 1 cm upwards into the back head. There is some wear to the rich gilding particularly to the knees and arms and chest (visible in the catalogue illustration)
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