A MINIATURE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY |

cast in the form of Buddha seated with the right hand raised in abhayamudra, flanked by two Bodhisattvas, each figure depicted framed by a flame-shaped mandorla, all supported on two lions on a flange atop a splayed four-legged plinth, wood stand

Tokubetsu tenji rikuchō jidai no kondōbutsu [Gilt-bronze statues from the Six Dynasties], Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi, 1991, p. 15, cat. no. 14.

There are minor losses to the extremities such as the tip and the edges of the mandorla. Some minor casting flaws and small dents in consistent with its age.
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For a similar stone figure, see Chugoku no Sekibutsu/Chinese Stone Buddhist Sculptures, Nezu Museum, Tokyo, 2009, p. 12, cat. no. 2.