A GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA AND PRABHUTARATNA BUDDHA NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED TO THE THIRD YEAR OF THE JINGMING PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 502) cast as Sakyamuni Buddha and Prabhutaratna Buddha, depicted seated in dhyanasana against a flame-shaped mandorla on a splayed four-legged plinth, each deity framed by an incised flame-shaped mandorla picked out with striated flaming motifs, all below stylised motifs at the pointed tip, the reverse with a seated figure of Buddha surrounded by a flame-shaped mandorla, the front of the plinth incised with a scroll band above two figures, possibly the patrons, the sides and reverse of the plinth with a dedicatory inscription dated to the second month of the third year of the Jingming period (in accordance with 502) and an indistinct inscription visible in places, translating to 'for parents' and 'a figure of Prabhutaratna', wood stand 12 cm, 4 3 /4 in.
A GILT-BRONZE VOTIVE FIGURE OF SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA AND PRABHUTARATNA BUDDHA NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, DATED TO THE THIRD YEAR OF THE JINGMING PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 502) cast as Sakyamuni Buddha and Prabhutaratna Buddha, depicted seated in dhyanasana against a flame-shaped mandorla on a splayed four-legged plinth, each deity framed by an incised flame-shaped mandorla picked out with striated flaming motifs, all below stylised motifs at the pointed tip, the reverse with a seated figure of Buddha surrounded by a flame-shaped mandorla, the front of the plinth incised with a scroll band above two figures, possibly the patrons, the sides and reverse of the plinth with a dedicatory inscription dated to the second month of the third year of the Jingming period (in accordance with 502) and an indistinct inscription visible in places, translating to 'for parents' and 'a figure of Prabhutaratna', wood stand 12 cm, 4 3 /4 in.
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