Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 2
A RARE TIBETAN BRONZE PALA-STYLE FIGURE OF BUDDHA 12TH/13TH CENTURY Seated
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £42000
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Description
A RARE TIBETAN BRONZE PALA-STYLE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
12TH/13TH CENTURY
Seated, meditating on a double lotus throne, wearing diaphanous robes, his right hand touches the ground in bhumisparshamudra, his left hand rests on his knee in dhyanamudra, his eyes and urna inlaid with silver, his lips with copper and ushnisha with a red jewel, 17cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Dr J S Gordon, purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, on 12th July 1999, the original invoice is available.
Cf. Spink & Son Ltd, Light of Compassion, Buddhist Art from Nepal and Tibet, 16th October 1997, p.16, no.5.