- 1095
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA Sri Lanka, Kandy period, 15th-17th Century
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Bronze
seated in vajrasana atop a single lotus throne, with tight curls and waveform ushnisha, with smiling countenance, the earlobes extended, with diaphanous single-shouldered robe, the hands in the lap in samadhi mudra
Provenance
Collection of the late Frank Neustatter, acquired 1978; thence by descent.
Catalogue Note
Compare fifteenth and sixteenth century Buddhas from the Divided Kingdoms period (c. 1232-1597), see U. von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka, p. 467, pls. 144 D-G.