Description The Buddha of the Future seated in European way (bhadrasana) on a rectangular stepped throne with lotus footrest, the hands held in the gesture of turning the wheel of law (dharmacakra mudra) and holding the stems of lotuses flowering along his shoulders supporting a water vessel (kundika) and a nagakesara blossom. He wears a diaphanous dhoti with beaded jewellery, and he is richly adorned with a tiara, earrings, necklaces and bracelets, all inset with hard-stones. His sensitively modeled facial features, accentuated by cold gold and pigment, give him a gentle welcoming demeanour. Base sealed.
Dimensions Height 23 cm
Literature Published in the sales catalogue of Schoettle-Ostasiatica, Stuttgart, Tibetica 30, May 1975, cat. no. 8829
Provenance Collection Leopold Strasser (1919-2010), München, acquired on 14.6.1977 at Schoettle-Ostasiatica, Stuttgart, and thence by denscent. With old invoice.
Notes VAT: Margin scheme