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AN EXTREMELY RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF
BUDDHA

CHINA, NORTHERN DYNASTIES, 6TH CENTURY
The Buddha stands in a vertical posture, with his right hand raised in
abhayamudra and his left extended in varadamudra. The folds of his diaphanous
robes fall in cascades across his torso and legs, and the downcast expression of
his face is flanked by pendulous earlobes and surmounted by snailshell curls over
the ushnisha.

11Ω in. (29.2 cm.) high

PROVENANCE
The Dharma Collection, Israel, acquired from Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1980
LITERATURE
Spink & Son, Ltd., Octagon, London, vol. XVII, number 4, Winter 1980

北朝 六世紀 銅佛立像

佛陀直立，右手舉起施無畏印，左手下垂施與願印，身穿薄袈裟，衣褶如水波
紋下淌，滿布身軀雙腿，神情莊重，內歛觀心，頭上布滿螺旋狀小卷，直達頂
髻。
來源
以色列Dharma珍藏，於1980年購自倫敦Spink & Son, Ltd.
著錄
Spink & Son, Ltd.，《Octagon》，倫敦，卷17，4號，1980年冬

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