A SMALL GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA CHINA, TANG DYNASTY

seated in dhyanasana, with right hand in abhayamudra, wearing long draped robes with one shoulder bare, the bottom of the robes falling over the edge of the seat, the back and underside set with a small pierced tab

China Hand Lamp & Shade Co., Washington DC, 1966.
Michelin Moore Collection, Alexandria, Virginia.

There is an old shallow chip to one side of the head and to the tips of the figures on the figure's right hand. The surface shows age appropriate wear and appears to be regilded. Overall the figure is in good condition.
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A similar image with its mandorla and stand in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated in Hai-Wai Yi-chen: Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Buddhist Sculpture I, Taipei, 1986, pl. 81. Other examples are illustrated in Dr. Saburo Matsubara, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Tokyo, 1966, pl. 236; and a figure of similar proportion with its stand was sold in these rooms, 22nd September 2004, lot 19; and another without its stand was sold 18th and 19th March, 2014, lot 176.