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A GILT-BRONZE SEATED FIGURE
OF BUDDHA
SUI-TANG DYNASTY (AD 581-907),
6TH-7TH CENTURY
Buddha is shown with right hand held in vitarkamudra and left in varadamudra,
and wears a simple robe that fans out in crisp folds over the legs and the front
edge. A pierced attachment tab projects from the back of the head.
Figure 3º in. (8.3 cm.) high, later gilt-bronze stand
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan, acquired prior to 1930.
隋/唐 鎏金銅佛坐像
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