A gilt-bronze figure of Buddha, Northern Wei dynasty, dated Zhengshi fourth year, corresponding to 507 | 北魏正始四年（507年） 銅鎏金佛立像

A gilt-bronze figure of Buddha

Northern Wei dynasty, dated Zhengshi fourth year, corresponding to 507

北魏正始四年（507年） 銅鎏金佛立像

modeled standing before a flame-shaped mandorla on a splayed lotus base above a four-legged plinth, the plinth chased with a grid pattern with each unit enclosing a small circle, the figure adorned in long flowing robes, the right hand held against the chest, the left lowered, the hair swept up into a topknot framed by a circular halo with radiating lotus petals on the mandorla, the mandorla further decorated with a border of lotus petals and swirling flames extending up to the pointed tip, the reverse incised with a seated Buddha in a shrine, all above a dedicatory inscription dated to the fourth year of the Zhengshi period, corresponding to 507

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Height 7 ¼ in., 18.3 cm