8th Century Sri Lankan Anuradhapura Gilt Bronze Buddha
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Pre AD 1000 item# 535606 (stock# 1017)
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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.It is worth noting that ...click for details
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12th Century Khmer Rock Crystal Shiva Lingam and Yoni
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Pre 1492 item# 747425 (stock# 1055)
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Details: An excellent example of a classic 12th century Khmer rock crystal Shiva Lingam sitting on its bronze Yoni.
The linga or lingam (Sanskrit for "symbol") symbolizes the god Shiva and is the form in which he is most commonly worshipped. The linga is a simple stylized phallus that nearly always rests on a stylized yoni, or female sex organ. Together, the linga and yoni represent the power of creative e ...click for details
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16th Century Thai Ayutthaya Gilt Bronze Buddha
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Pre 1700 item# 689374 (stock# 1039)
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Details: A finely cast and deeply satisfying image of a 16th century Ayutthaya seated bronze Buddha. One of the most interesting aspects of this piece is the fact that so much of the original gilding and lacquer still remain creating an object with layers and layers of history. Buddha is seated in Dhyanasana with his elegant right hand in bhumisparsha mudra while the left hand rests delicately on his lap in dhyana mudra. He is wearing a plain sanghati covering one of his broad powerful shoulder ...click for details
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16thC Tibetan Inscribed Gilt Image of the Arhat Bhadra
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Pre 1700 item# 962117 (stock# 1126)
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Details: A finely cast and quality example 16th Century gilt copper alloy Tibetan image of the Arhat Bhadra (Bzang Po) an early disciple of the Buddha Shakyamuni. He is depicted teaching, seated crossed legged upon a superbly rendered single lotus pedestal, with his right hand in Vitarka Mudra and his left hand resting palm up in his lap. The quality and elegance of this image are evident in the masterfully shaped folds of the drapery, the naturalistic modeling of his facial features, the precis ...click for details
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15th-16th Century Kamphaeng Phet Bronze Seated Buddha
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Pre 1700 item# 801658 (stock# 1065)
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Details: A rare and powerful example of an early Ayutthaya period bronze gilt Buddha in the Kamphaeng Phet or Phitsanulok style. Buddha is seated upon an ornate base, in dhyanasana with his attractive lotus petal right hand in bhumisparsha mudra while the left hand gracefully rests on his lap in dhyana mudra. He is wearing a plain sanghati covering one of his broad powerful shoulders and his plump full figure, showing the important influence of the Sri Lankan Buddha image on the early Kingdoms o ...click for details
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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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18th Century Tibetan Gilt Repousse Seated Lama
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Pre 1800 item# 991510 (stock# 1160)
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Details: A classic example of a large 18th century Tibetan gilt copper repousse seated portrait of a monk, possibly the first Panchan Lama. His holiness is seated on a double mattress throne with his right hand in Vitarka mudra and his left resting on his lap in Dhyana mudra. He is clad in the long flowing robes of a monk and wears traditional monastic boots. His well painted face is flanked by large prominent ears that could indicate along with the mudras that this is a portrait of the first P ...click for details
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13th Century Khmer Post Bayon Bronze Seated Ganesha
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Pre 1492 item# 860307 (stock# 1099)
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Details: A charming Khmer example of the popular Hindu deity Ganesha from the 13th century. He is seated holding his usual attributes, his broken tusk in his left hand and a large sweet in his right hand. Ganesha is wearing ornate jewelry and crown as well as a traditional Khmer sampot can kpin with an attractive folded edge on the front and a thin panel falling onto the base at the back.
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12th Century Bronze Nagapattinam Seated Buddha
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Pre 1492 item# 843247 (stock# 1089)
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Details: A rare and attractive 12th 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
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16th Century Nepalese Gilt Seated Green Tara
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Pre 1700 item# 810504 (stock# 1071)
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Details: An elegant and sensuous 16th century example of a seated Green Tara from Nepal. The goddess of compassion is seated in lalitasana with her right foot gracefully resting on a lotus blossom emanating from her double tiered lotus throne. She is wearing a clinging diaphanous dhoti, revealing the ample proportions of her alluringly voluptuous body with its swelling planes and rounded curves which add to the image’s sense of movement and beauty. Tara’s hands are held delicately in varadha and ...click for details
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