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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHA
LIAO DYNASTY (907-1125)
The figure is finely cast and shown seated in dhyanasana on top of a double lotus
throne raised on a waisted circular pedestal, with hands in dhyanamudra, wearing
robes loosely draped around the torso, the face cast with delicate features and with an
usnisha above the snail curls of the hair. The back with a stud to secure a mandorla.
5 ⅛ in. (13 cm.) high, box
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$100,000-150,000
PROVENANCE
C.C. Lin, Taipei, 10 January 1993

遼 銅阿彌陀佛坐像

來源
平養居，台北，1993 年1月10日

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