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252 A GILT-BRONZE STANDING FIGURE OF BUDDHA

UNIFIED SILLA DYNASTY (9TH CENTURY)
The standing figure, shown frontally with legs
slightly separated beneath the hem of the robe,
the hands held in vitarkamudra, the gesture
of teaching the Dharma, the back hollow
with two oblong aperture and remains of one
mounting peg
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high

$30,000-40,000

PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Japan

The Unified Silla dynasty from the late seventh through
the ninth centuries was one of political stability when an
international style held sway throughout East Asia. This
figure shows refined style of Buddhist sculpture from
Unified Silla Dynasty.

For a figure in similar style in the collection of Nezu
Museum, see Matsubara Saburo., ed. Kankoku
kondobutsu Kenkyu(Study of Korean gilt bronze Buddhist
figures), 1985, p. 167 b