Description A Gilt Lacquered Wood Figure of Buddha Shakyamuni20th Century民國 木漆金釋迦牟尼立像depicted standing in a varadamudra gesture and holding a myrobalan above a double lotus above a hexagonal stand incised with ruyi cloud motifs. The figure clad in long draping garments parting at the chest to reveal an auspicious wan symbol before cascading in the crook of the left arm and setting in ripples near the bare feet, and with a gentle downcast expression beneath tight coils surrounding a red-lacquered ushnisha.Height 14 1/2 in., 37 cm.Property from the José M. Neistein CollectionJOSE MENACHE NEISTEIN (1934-2020) was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in a Jewish immigrant family. He was an intellectual and appreciator of different artistic and cultural fields, performing throughout his life activities as a critic, teacher, curator, cultural attache, lecturer, and art collector.Residing in the United States from 1970 to 2020, Neistein was invited by the Itamaraty to occupy the position of Cultural AttachE at the Brazilian Embassy asExecutive-Director of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI) in Washington D.C. During the same period, Prof. Neistein was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor for theHispanic Division of the Library of Congress.JosE Neistein's art collection, universal and eclectic, had been developed over 50 years of acquisition and study. Its growth reflected, all over the years, the diversification of the collector's interests, the maturing of his taste, and thedeepening of its quality.