Details: A rare and attractive 11th century Chola period bronze image of the seated Buddha from Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Buddha is sitting in the half lotus posture (Satvaparyankasana), his right leg over his left upon an elaborate multi tiered throne supporting an ornate double lotus pedestal reminiscent of 9th to 10th century Pala pieces. His hands are placed in his lap in the attitude of meditation (Samadhimudra or Dhyanamudra). His monastic garments are arranged so as to leave the righ ...click for details
Details: A wonderfully detailed example of a 16th century Dhyani Buddha Akshobya. The cosmic Buddha is seated in his customary depiction with his hands in bhumishparsha mudra, wearing a florally decorated close fitting robe across his broad, powerful and shapely frame, upright in vajraparyankasana on an extremely fine double lotus pedestal supporting a detailed vajra. This piece is an extremely fine quality casting with much of its original gilt and has some wonderful detail in the hands, feet, ...click for details
Details: A rare and very attractive 18th century wooden polychrome image of Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara from Tibet. Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara has one face, four arms, and two legs crossed in the contemplative posture. His two front hands holding the wish-granting gem at his heart, his rear hands holding a rosary and a lotus. It is said that the Dalai Lamas are manifestations of this form of Avalokiteshvara.
Details: An intimidating and vigorous Sino Tibetan gilt example of the fierce wrathful Buddhist deity Vajrapani. The holder of the thunderbolt scepter and conqueror of negativity brandishes a vajra in an exorcising gesture in his right hand, and with his left hand makes the threatening gesture with his index finger pointed up. His taut posture is the active warrior pose (pratayalidha, based on an archer’s stance) to show a terrifying readiness to do battle with evil. He has flaming red hair, t ...click for details
Details: A rare example of 8th Century Sri Lankan Gilt Bronze Buddha in the Anuradhapura style. Sakyamuni is seated in virasana with both hands in dhyanamudra and is wearing a diaphanous cloak. He has a plump face holding a meditative expression with arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes and tightly curled hair. The Buddha has a strong and powerful looking body with delicately cast hands and feet.
Details: An extremely rare and pleasing example of a Western Tibetian bronze depicting the Bodhisattva Manjusri. The Bodhisattva is seated in a yogic posture on what would have been a lotus base. He is clad in a dhoti and is adorned with a string of pearls, bangles, armlets, earrings and a crown depicting a stupa. He has a full, dignified and contented face with typically large Kashmiri/ Western Tibetan eyes inlaid with silver. Manjusri is depicted here as he is commonly represented with the Pra ...click for details
Details: A broad and powerful example of a 16th century Dhyani Buddha Akshobya. The cosmic Buddha is seated in his customary depiction with his hands in bhumishparsha mudra, wearing a florally decorated close fitting robe across his broad, powerful and shapely frame, upright in vajraparyankasana on a fine double lotus pedestal supporting a vajra. As a cosmic rather than historical Buddha he is here depicted with the crown of a Bodhisattva. ...click for details
Details: An excellent example of a Gandhara sandstone head of a Bodhisattva, possibly Maitreya. His face carved with a serene expression, urna, heavy lidded eyes and a smiling mouth. He is wearing an elaborate headdress with floral rosettes woven in between his many beautifully carved curls.
Details: An attractive and elegant example of a Tibetan gilt copper alloy image of Tara the female Bodhisattva of compassion. She is seated in lalitasana with her right foot resting on a lotus pad upon an inscribed double lotus pedestal. She is bejeweled with her hands in varadha and vitarka mudra with lotus stems curling round both her shoulders. Tara’s face is pretty but troubled, her attractive almond eyes downcast and filled with empathy and compassion for all beings caught in the rut of Sa ...click for details
Details: A charming example of a gilt Tibetan image of Vairocana one of the five transcendent Dhyani Buddhas. He is seated in vajrasana on a high stepped teardrop double lotus base. His head is broad and his face serene with heavy lidded downcast eyes surmounted by a tall ushnisha rising from the centre of his head. His hands are clasped together in dharmachakra mudra (the teaching mudra) in front of his broad and upright shoulders, the left of which is covered by a free flowing diaphanous sangh ...click for details
