CHINESE BRONZE OF STANDING NEWBORN SHAKYAMUNI
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CHINESE BRONZE OF STANDING NEWBORN SHAKYAMUNI
Bronze figure of the Buddha as an infant, pointing to heaven with his right hand and to the earth with his left. The figure has a Chinese inscription on the bottom left on the back of the figure's robe. He stands on a base shaped like an open lotus blossom.
6 1/4 x 3 in. (15.9 x 7.6 cm.)
Paul:
This representation of the standing, newborn Sakyamuni pointing to the sky with his right index finger, and to the ground with his other index finger is described in Asvaghosa's Life of Buddha translated by Samuel Beal, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XIX, Oxford, 1883, p. 226.
Bronze figure of the Buddha as an infant, pointing to heaven with his right hand and to the earth with his left. The figure has a Chinese inscription on the bottom left on the back of the figure's robe. He stands on a base shaped like an open lotus blossom.
6 1/4 x 3 in. (15.9 x 7.6 cm.)
Paul:
This representation of the standing, newborn Sakyamuni pointing to the sky with his right index finger, and to the ground with his other index finger is described in Asvaghosa's Life of Buddha translated by Samuel Beal, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XIX, Oxford, 1883, p. 226.
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CHINESE BRONZE OF STANDING NEWBORN SHAKYAMUNI
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