SRI LANKA, Polonnaruya Period

Works from the Donald Friend Collection
Sydney
27 October 2013
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STANDING BUDDHA ON A DECORATIVE PEDESTAL

SRI LANKA, Polonnaruya Period

bronze figure of standing Buddha with robe draped across body and thrown over the left shoulder, the right shoulder bare. The robe clings to his body and reveals the forms of his torso underneath. The Buddha is making the gesture of protection or discussion with the right hand, and the left hand is in the boon bestowing gesture. He has long earlobes and the hair comes upwards to a flat cranial protuberance (usnisa)

19.5 cm height

Estimate: 
$1,000 - 2,000
Sold for $3,600 (inc. BP) in Auction 31 - 27 October 2013, Sydney