12th-13th century, Tibet, Buddha Shakyamuni, copper alloy with silver and copper inlay, 28 cm, private collection, Arts d’Asie lot 207, 14th June 2024, Sotheby’s (Paris).
A powerful image of the historical buddha dressed in a diaphanous garment with a wide copper-inlaid border, his right hand making the Earth-touching gesture. He is seated on a cloth with a copper and silver-inlaid diamond pattern, atop a lotus base with two rows of small beading at the top and one row of large beading just above the plinth. The close-up on the above link is poor but it looks as if the Buddha’s nails are inlaid with copper. The strip of cloth that would normally be spread over his left shoulder goes parallel with the hem and is engraved rather than modelled.
Circa 1300, Tibet, Buddha Shakyamuni, brass with copper inlay, 39,5 cm, photo: courtesy of Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet Volume Two, Visual Dharma Publications, Hong Kong, p. 1190 pl. 322B, at the Shalu monastery (Tibet).
A singular sculpture of Shakyamuni with a lotus flower under his right hand.
Circa 1300, Tibet, Buddha Shakyamuni, brass with copper inlay, 39,5 cm, photo as before, p. 1191 pl. 322E, at the Palkhor Chode monastic complex in Gyantse (Tibet).
On this image, the border of his robe is folded over his left shoulder to reveal an incised lotus symbol.
Himalayan Buddhist Art - Art Bouddhiste de l'Himalaya 