A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
NEPAL, THAKURI PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY OR LATER
Seated in dhyanasana on a low cushion with his hands held in bhumisparshamudra, clad in a diaphanous sanghati draped over the left shoulder, the face with heavy-lidded eyes, the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha, the base of the cushion sealed and incised with a double-vajra
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
A GILT-COPPER FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
NEPAL, THAKURI PERIOD, 11TH CENTURY OR LATER
Seated in dhyanasana on a low cushion with his hands held in bhumisparshamudra, clad in a diaphanous sanghati draped over the left shoulder, the face with heavy-lidded eyes, the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha, the base of the cushion sealed and incised with a double-vajra
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high