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Seated Buddha

CHINA; Tang dynasty (618–907), dated 706; Stone; H: 80 cm; Xi'an Beilin Museum, Shaanxi, China
The Buddha sits cross-legged on a throne that is supported on an octagonal base. The hexagonal column beneath the throne terminates on a reverse lotus. The inscription found on the base states the sculpture was dedicated in 706.
　 The figure has a flattened usnisa and a squared head outlined by long flat ears. The broad-sleeved monastic robe falls over the throne in a pattern of decorative folds. The missing hand was probably raised in abhaya (fearlessness) mudra. The mandorla behind the throne is also missing, but enclosed a nimbus with a floriated rim.

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