Null Buddha Shakyamuni. Bronze. Myanmar. 19th century.

Sitting in meditation on…

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Buddha Shakyamuni. Bronze. Myanmar. 19th century. Sitting in meditation on a flat pedestal, the right hand hanging down in bhumisparshamudra, the left hand above the feet holding a lidded vessel for medicine with three myrobalan fruits lying on it. Red pigments on the lips. Weight 4.85 kg. H 37.3 cm Provenance Private collection, Netherlands Literature Presented in: Hans Wolfgang Schumann, Buddhabildnisse. Their Symbolism and History, Heidelberg/Leimen 2003, p. 75, no. 53

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Buddha Shakyamuni. Bronze. Myanmar. 19th century. Sitting in meditation on a flat pedestal, the right hand hanging down in bhumisparshamudra, the left hand above the feet holding a lidded vessel for medicine with three myrobalan fruits lying on it. Red pigments on the lips. Weight 4.85 kg. H 37.3 cm Provenance Private collection, Netherlands Literature Presented in: Hans Wolfgang Schumann, Buddhabildnisse. Their Symbolism and History, Heidelberg/Leimen 2003, p. 75, no. 53

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