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Pingliang: Seated Buddha

CHINA, Gansu, Pingliang; Northern Wei dynasty (386–534); Stone; H: 30 cm; Gansu Provincial Museum, Lanzhou, China
The Buddha has a high usnisa with a well-defined vortex-patterned hairline. He is seated in full lotus position and wears monastic robes with deeply carved folds that hide his hands and fall in a fan over the base. The lotus nimbus behind him is surrounded by a flame patterned mandorla.

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