- 502
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- bronze
seated in dhyanasana with hands in bhumisparsamudra and avakashamudra, the robe chased with floral borders open at the chest to reveal a swastika, the head and ushnisha covered with tight curls above an urna centering the forehead, borne on a detachable lotus throne supported on a stem rising from the sea of samsara, enclosed within a balustrade above tabbed feet
Provenance
Acquired in New Rochelle, New York in 1962.
Catalogue Note
A larger similar figure was sold in our London rooms, 11th June 1991, lot 26.