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826 This diminutive fgure of Buddha is very similar to one shown seated on a
pedestal base raised on a faceted stand with open sides in the collection
A SMALL GILT-BRONZE SEATED of the Asian Art Museum, San Franciso, illustrated by Jin Shen in Hai wai ji
FIGURE OF BUDDHA Gang Yai cang li dai fo xiang: zhen pin ji nian tu jian (Catalogue of Treasures
of Buddhist Sculpture in Overseas Collections Including Hong Kong and
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Taiwan), Shanxi, 2007, p. 491 (top).
The fgure is shown seated in dhyanasana with right hand raised in 唐 鎏金銅佛坐像
abhayamudra, the left resting on the left knee, and wearing robes that drape
gracefully around the body and fall in deep, graceful folds over and below the
legs. A pierced attachment tab projects from the back, and another from the
back bottom edge.
3¿ in. (6.8 cm.) high, later gilt-wood stand
$8,000-10,000
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Japan, acquired before 1930.
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