A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha 中原或藏传佛教鎏金铜造像 18th century or earlier ???????

Finely-executed, the figure is shown seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus pedestal and holding his right hand in dhyana mudra. The eyes are cast downwards, below a hollow for an inlaid urna and the patchwork robe is incised with lotus and foliate scroll in the borders, unsealed.

H: 5 in.

PUBLISHED: Hugo Musterberg, "Chinese Buddhist Bronzes", New York, 1988 (reprint), #18a-b (p.30), as Ming dynasty

NOTE: Compare a slightly larger (6 3/4 in.) figure of a seated Buddha Shakyamuni, dated to the 17th century, illustrated by the Chang Foundation, "Buddhist Images in Gilt Metal", Taipei, 1993, p. 38, no 12.

Collection of Hugo Musterberg, New Paltz, New York, by 1967

Property from the collection of James Alfe (1948-2003)

Thence by descent

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A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha 中原或藏传佛教鎏金铜造像 18th century or earlier ???????

H: 5 in.

PUBLISHED: Hugo Musterberg, "Chinese Buddhist Bronzes", New York, 1988 (reprint), #18a-b (p.30), as Ming dynasty

Collection of Hugo Musterberg, New Paltz, New York, by 1967

Property from the collection of James Alfe (1948-2003)

Thence by descent

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A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha 中原或藏传佛教鎏金铜造像 18th century or earlier ???????

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A Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze Buddha 中原或藏传佛教鎏金铜造像 18th century or earlier ???????