Lot 177. A bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. H. 40,5 cm. Sold: €8 500 (Estimate €3 000- €5 000). Photo Nagel Auction.

Seated in vajrasana on an oval plinth with his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment including an underskirt fastened around the waist with a ribbon knotted to the front and a wide-sleeved mantle covering both shoulders falling down in large pleats over body and legs, his bare chest engraved with the swastika-emblem, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, raised urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes, curled hair continuing into the ushnisha topped with a lotus bud and set with the ratna to its front. Small repairs on the back, knee and shoulder, traces of age

Provenance: From an old private collection in southern Germany, supplemented by inheritance in the 1950s and acquisitions in the 1960s to the 1980s.

Fine Asian Art - Day I by Nagel Auction, June 12, 2023 • Stuttgart, Germany