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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE STANDING
FIGURE OF BUDDHA

TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

The fgure of Buddha wears full, layered robes that drape below the neck,
and is shown standing with right hand held in abhayamudra and left in
varadamudra on a circular lotus base on which sits a small lion, its head turned
to the side and its right forepaw raised.
4æ in. (12.1 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.
The robes worn by this fgure are unusual, not only in the way in which they
drape in a curve below the neck but also in the way in which they completely
obscure the body. Compare the gilt-bronze fgure of Buddha standing with
hands in the same mudras and wearing a similar robe which, however, clings
slightly to the body, formerly in the George Eumorfopoulos Collection,
illustrated in Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist
Statues in Overseas Collections, vol. 5, Beijing, 2005, pl. 890.

唐 鎏金銅佛立像

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