8th Century Dvaravati Mon Bust of Buddha
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Pre AD 1000 item# 687260 (stock# 1035)
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Details: This is a classic example of a very early Mon type Dvaravati Buddha. Buddha is elegant with both his hands in vitarkamudra and wearing a long clinging robe covering both his shoulders. His handsome face carries a serene expression with a deep contented smile below half closed heavy lidded eyes. Notice also his attractive hair arranged in tight curls around a high usnisa topped with a lotus bud and his naturalistic long pendulous ears. This bust of Buddha would have originally stood erec ...click for details
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17th Century Edo Period Gilt Figure of Dainichi Nyorai
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Pre 1700 item# 942730 (stock# 1123)
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Details: A fine and attractive example of an Edo period gilt wood figure of the Dhyani Buddha Dainichi Nyorai. He is wearing the adornments of a prince denoting his status as supreme amongst the Tathāgatas and is seated in a pose of deep meditation upon a separately fashioned double lotus throne on a hexagonal plinth. Dainichi’s hands are held to the front of his chest in the esoteric 'Wisdom Fist' Mudra (Chiken-In), the identifying feature of Dainichi Nyorai. His well modelled and ...click for details
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16th Century Tibetan Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya
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Pre 1700 item# 809486 (stock# 1070)
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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
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16th Century Gilt Tibetan Crowned Buddha Akshobya
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Pre 1700 item# 822485 (stock# 1079)
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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
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9th Century Central Javanese Image of Manjusri
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Pre AD 1000 item# 745244 (stock# 1046)
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Details: A good example of a 9th century central Javanese image of Manjusri. The bodhisattva is seated in dhyanasana on a lotus upon a rectangular base. His right hand is in varadamudra with the left holding the stem of a lotus supporting the book of “Perfection of Wisdom". He is wearing a dhoti, channavira and jewellery. His eyes are downcast over an aquiline nose and sensuous lips.
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18th Century Wooden Polychrome Tibetan Vajrapani
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Pre 1800 item# 745547 (stock# 1050)
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Details: An attractive and unusual wooden image of Vajrapani from Tibet. This icon 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 gold hair, two popping eyes and his beard and eyebrows have flame-like forms. His long necklace and tiger ski ...click for details
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18th Century Sino Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha
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Pre 1700 item# 794299 (stock# 1060)
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Details: A finely painted and detailed example of an 18th century Qing Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze image of the historical Buddha. Buddha is seated crossed legged in padmasana (the lotus or diamond posture) with both naturalistically cast hands held in front of his chest in the turning of the dharma wheel or the teaching mudra (dharma chakra pravatana mudra). His finely painted eyes are serenely concentrated above a confident and inwardly contented smile radiating wisdom and compassion from his ro ...click for details
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10th Century Khmer Koh Ker Style Bronze Figure of Shiva
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Pre AD 1000 item# 870072 (stock# 1104)
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Details: A superb quality Khmer Koh Ker styled figure of Shiva from the 10th century. This wonderfully proportioned Shiva is standing tall holding his four attributes on top of a square base that at one time could possibly have been inserted into a Yoni. He is clothed in a sampot draped in a can kpin with a small fold falling from the upper border, a scalloped pocket on the left thigh and a double fishtail shaped pendant in front that is formed by the extremities of the scarf, all common in Koh ...click for details
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18th Century Polychrome Tibetan Image of Amitayus
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Pre 1800 item# 746256 (stock# 1054)
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Details: A rare and very attractive 18th century wooden polychrome image of Amitayus from Tibet. Amitayus , the Buddha of infinite life, is represented here in his traditional iconography. He sits deep in contemplation, in the diamond posture, upon a lotus throne, with both hands flat in the contemplation gesture, holding a vase containing the “Elixir of Life” (water, saffron, and nectar pills) with a stylized “three of life” on top of it. ...click for details
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