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A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA A GILT COPPER FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
Tibet, circa 15th century Nepal, 14th/15th century
Seated in the earth-touching position on a wide-petaled Seated on a thick-petaled vajrasana,
lotus base, his broad face surmounted by a tall ushnisha. his squarish face surmounted by a tall ushnisha.
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm) high 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000 $5,000 - 8,000

西藏 約十五世紀 銅鎏金佛坐像 尼泊爾 十四／十五世紀 銅鎏金釋迦牟尼坐像

Compare the forward-angled ears, the squarish face and the robust Compare the similar high ushnisha, broad face, and raised beaded
body to similar examples sold at Christie’s, New York, 12 September hems on a later Bhaishajyaguru and Shakyamuni sold at Christie’s,
2012, lot 551; Sotheby’s, New York, 24 September 2004, lot 70, and New York, 16 September 2008, lot 523; 13 September 2011, lot 313,
30 November 1994, lot 69. Also see von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan respectively; as well as another Shakyamuni sold at Bonhams, New
Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p. 430, nos. 113A. York, 14 September 2015, lot 1. Also see Kramrisch, The Art of Nepal,
New York, 1964, p. 85, no. 52.
Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/61419 Referenced
HAR - himalayanart.org/items/61425
Provenance
Private Collection, New Jersey, since late 1980s/early 90s Provenance
Private New York Collection, acquired 2007

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