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With an umbrella in the snow
L'attore Kabuki Iwai Kumesaburo II
Cup with spout
Cup with ibex
Akshobya
Box for paper and documents
Candlestick base
Safavid tile
Commentary on the 40 Traditions
Fragment of Prabhamandala
Ushnishavijaya
Stupa with cosmic Buddhas
Mamluk Ampoule
Prajñaparamita manuscript with double cover
Winter landscape at a watercourse
Tamon-Ten
Akshobhya the Buddha of the eastern direction
Mirror box
Inro with Tokaido stations
glass thu
Hu vase with painted decoration
Urn for the soul (Hunping)
Reclining Buddha in Parinirvana
Fox dance
Architectural fragment with Shiva and a Vyala
Anthropomorphic neck jar
Civil servant on high pedestal
Jnana Dakshinamurti
Head of Vishnu
Shalabhanjika
destroy
Worship of Krishna
Head of a bearded man (Silenus or Atlas)
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Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions

Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions

Anonymous

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The Buddha sits on a double lotus corolla resting on a throne supported by three lions, which in turn rests on a pedestal flanked by two monks in a devout attitude. The perfection of the casting is typical of the superior technical quality of Lan Na's bronze statuary. The monastic robe with carefully designed folds and without a belt reveals the well-modeled underlying body. The flap of the shawl that hangs from the left shoulder ending in a double fish tail stops at the height of the nipple, as is typical of the 16th century Lan Na style. The broad shoulders, the full chest and abdomen, the long and shapely arms, the soft cheeks and chin and the full lips are all typical elements of this style. Uncommon is the presence at the base of the throne of a third lion in the center, next to the two places on the sides that are normally present in this iconography: the roar of the lion (simhanada) evokes the voice of the Buddha who penetrates the space by divulging the Doctrine.
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Title: Shakyamuni Buddha on the throne of lions

Author: Anonymous

Date: XVI sec.

Technique: Bronze

Displayed in: MAO - Museum of Oriental Art

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