A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA

A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

The Budha is shown seated in dhyanasana with right hand extended in varadamudra while holding a myrobalan fruit. He wears a monk\'s layered robes and his hair is dressed in tight curls that continue up over the ushnisha above his extended ear lobes. The figure is raised on a seperate double-lotus-petal base with conforming foot of stylized lotus petals. Together with an additional gilt-bronze double-lotus base.

28 in. (71.1 cm.) high including base