A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA


NORTHEASTERN INDIA, PALA PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no.61622 8.5 cm (3 1/4 in.) high
|印度東北部 帕拉時期 十一/十二世紀 銅佛坐像Buddhism thrived in Northeast India, where sacred sites associated with key developments in Shakyamuni's life generated a significant pilgrim economy for monasteries. After a period of instability following the collapse of the Gupta Empire, the region gradually came under the rule of the Pala-Sena dynasty between 8th-12th centuries. This delightful bronze from the Pala period shows the regional continuation of aesthetics developed in the Gupta period, depicting Shakyamuni with a close-fitting robe, cap-like hair, and evoked calm. A very similar example in scale, facial type and treatment of the robe is in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1981, p.289, no.72C.Provenance Kate Kemper Collection, Zurich, 1969-73