Description: A gilt bronze figure of Buddha, Mongolia, probably Dolonnor, Qahar region, Inner Mongolia, 18th century
seated in
dhyanasana on a double lotus base, the right hand lowered in
bhumisparsamudra and the left in
dhyanamudra, wearing a shawl draped over the left shoulder falling over an undergarment gathered at the chest, and with a broad tasselled
ruyi-shaped collar, the face with serene expression surmounted by a repoussé five-pointed diadem with trailing ribbons
35 cm high
Compare the style of gilt copper statues of Vajrapani, Manjushri and Sadaksari Avalokitesvara collected in the 1930s by Sven Hadin in Qahar and now in the Folkens Museum Etnografiska, Stockholm, see Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A.F. Thurman,
Wisdom and Compassion, The Sacred Art of Tibet, London, 1991, cat. nos 1, 35, 36