北魏 銅佛坐像

cast seated in dhyanasana with hands held in dhyanamudra, the figure of Buddha depicted seated on a rectangular flange resting on a constricted column and a gently splayed four-legged plinth, clad in long loose robes draped over the left shoulder and leaving the right shoulder and arm bare, rendered with a meditative facial expression surmounted by an usnisa, all resting on a plinth finely decorated to the front with scrollwork, the reverse of the figure with two small loops for the attachment of a mandorla, traces of malachite encrustation, wood stand and wood box

Good overall condition, with just minor bruises and insignificant loss to the detail, general surface wear and typical malachite-green oxidisation, especially to the interior.
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The treatment of the drapery on this solidly cast bronze sculpture of Buddha closely adheres to Gandharan prototypes, but the mode of expression is distinctly sinicised. For a larger figure in the collection of the Inner Mongolia Museum, dated to 484, see Zhongguo meishu quanji. Diaosu bian [The complete collection of Chinese art: Sculptures], vol. 3, Beijing, 1988, pl. 92.