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Unknown — 西藏 十四世紀 銅錯紅銅嵌銀阿彌陀佛坐像
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西藏 十四世紀 銅錯紅銅嵌銀阿彌陀佛坐像

A Tibetan seated Buddha figure from the 14th century, crafted from copper with red copper inlay and silver detailing throughout the piece. The work displays exceptional metalwork with intricate inlay work on the garments, jewelry, and lotus pedestal base.

Medium
with eyes inlaid in silver, the lower lip with copper, necklaces with silver and copper inlay, the hems of the dhoti inlaid with copper bands and silver beading, hands folded together in dhyana mudra and seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus pedestal inlaid with a band of copper along the upper rim

🔨 Auction Lot

Himalayas: The Richard R. & Magdalena Ernst Collection of Important Tibetan Paintings and other Himalayan Works of Art

December 8, 2022

Estimate: $26,000$35,000

Lot 39

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Unknown, 西藏 十四世紀 銅錯紅銅嵌銀阿彌陀佛坐像

A Tibetan seated Buddha figure from the 14th century, crafted from copper with red copper inlay and silver detailing throughout the piece. The work displays exceptional metalwork with intricate inlay work on the garments, jewelry, and lotus pedestal base.

Medium
with eyes inlaid in silver, the lower lip with copper, necklaces with silver and copper inlay, the hems of the dhoti inlaid with copper bands and silver beading, hands folded together in dhyana mudra and seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus pedestal inlaid with a band of copper along the upper rim
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Bronze, Tibetan Art, Silver Inlay, Copper, Dhyana Mudra, Buddha, Buddhist Sculpture, Fourteenth Century

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art