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A GILT COPPER ALLOY REPOUSSÉ MEDALLION WITH This rare, early medallion depicts the Buddha seated in meditation
BUDDHA AND WORSHIPPERS (dhyanasana) flanked by two attendants within a pearl roundel.
CENTRAL ASIA, POSSIBLY KHOCHO, 7TH/8TH CENTURY A parasol is placed horizontally above the Buddha’s head.
Himalayan Art Resources item no.16977 The Buddha’s simple hair and round chignon, along with the three
6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.) in diameter parallel folds of his robe pooling between his legs, can be compared
to those painted on a banner of Bhaishajyaguru publosed in Ghose
HKD120,000 - 160,000 ed., In the Footsteps of the Buddha , Hong Kong, 1998, pl.79,
pp.275-6. The seat’s radiating lotus petals with pointed tips is similar
to that on the reverse of the same banner (ibid., pl.79a, p.275).
中亞 或為高昌 七/八世紀 鎏金錘揲佛陀銅牌 A near-identical medallion, from the collection of Museum für
Asiatische Kunst, Berlin, is published in Along the Ancient Silk Routes,
New York, 1982, no.103, p.165.
Provenance
The Nyingjei Lam Collection 菩薩道收藏, acquired in the 1990s
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