唐 灰石雕彌勒佛坐像

carved in the round, seated upright with legs crossed upon a high lotus throne raised on a faceted column with beaded horizontal borders rising above a circular petal-carved base, the left hand resting on one knee, wearing a kashaya robe draped over the shoulders and gathering at the feet, the face sensitively carved with small features, the hair in small tight curls that cover the ushnisha, the dark gray stone with traces of gesso and pigment

The figure has areas of loss and wear, notably to the hair curls, the nose, tips of fingers and both ears and along the edge of the plinth. The figure is missing one hand and its mandorla.
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The small figure of a buddha represents a well-known type that emerged during the Tang dynasty, each of them with slightly different features. For comparable sculptures see Osvald Siren, Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, vol. 3, New York, 1925, pls. 382 and 405a and b and The Art of Contemplation - Religious Sculpture from Private Collections, The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997, nos. 63 and 64, pp. 166-167.