AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
NEPAL, EARLY MALLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY
AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI NEPAL, EARLY MALLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY The Buddha stands in slight tribhanga with his right hand lowered in varadamudra and the left holding the folds of his robes, each hand with delicately articulated fingers and with a chakra incised on the palm. He wears a long dhoti beneath a slightly shorter sanghati , and both garments are incised on the hems, which are visible at the neck, wrists and calves.. The face is exquisitely modeled with full lips, aquiline nose and elongated eyes with incised pupils beneath finely wrought eyebrows centered by a spiral urna . The pattern is echoed in the spiral hair tufts rising to an ushnisha topped with a gilt knop. The figure is beautifully gilt overall with the richly patinated copper showing through. 20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
NEPAL, EARLY MALLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY
AN IMPORTANT GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI NEPAL, EARLY MALLA PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY The Buddha stands in slight tribhanga with his right hand lowered in varadamudra and the left holding the folds of his robes, each hand with delicately articulated fingers and with a chakra incised on the palm. He wears a long dhoti beneath a slightly shorter sanghati , and both garments are incised on the hems, which are visible at the neck, wrists and calves.. The face is exquisitely modeled with full lips, aquiline nose and elongated eyes with incised pupils beneath finely wrought eyebrows centered by a spiral urna . The pattern is echoed in the spiral hair tufts rising to an ushnisha topped with a gilt knop. The figure is beautifully gilt overall with the richly patinated copper showing through. 20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
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