A HIGHLY IMPORTANT TIBETAN BRONZE-GILT MANDALA OF SHAKYAMUNI

A HIGHLY IMPORTANT TIBETAN BRONZE-GILT MANDALA OF SHAKYAMUNI
The present figure of Buddha Shakyamuni calling the earth to witness to his enlightenment is finely cast, despite its small size, with a delicate face, well-articulated hands and feet, and a robust torso covered in a diaphanous sanghati draped over the shoulder with natural looking folds. The richly-gilded figure is unmistakably inspired by Malla-period images Nepalese of the historical Buddha, surmounted with further standing bodhisattva around the mandala.
Dimension: L. 60 cm. W. 60 cm. H. 66 cm.
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