A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA.
A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA.
Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, 8th/9th c. Height 10.5 cm.
Solid cast. A flame with inlaid ruby tops the Ushnisha (restored).
Provenance: Acquired at Christie's Paris, 9. June 2015, lot 372. According to the catalogue entry it originally came from Galerie Ponati, Paris, 12 June 1972 (no document available).
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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA.
Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura, 8th/9th c. Height 10.5 cm.
Solid cast. A flame with inlaid ruby tops the Ushnisha (restored).
Provenance: Acquired at Christie's Paris, 9. June 2015, lot 372. According to the catalogue entry it originally came from Galerie Ponati, Paris, 12 June 1972 (no document available).