Seated in meditation on a double lotus base above a throne with drapery supported by two lions. The right hand held in bhumisparshamudra, the left hand in dhyanamudra in his lap. Behind the figure a cushion and the backrest with lintel supported by two bulbous columns, behind the Buddha's head a double nimbus with an engraved inscription running around it. On the back-slab two stupa and foliage of the ppal tree at the tip. Wooden stand. Dimensions Height 40.5 cm Literature C. Bautze-Picron, The Art of Eastern India in the Collection of the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin, Berlin 1998, Kat.-Nr. 12-19 und diess., The Forgotten Place. Some Images from Kurikara, Bihar, New Delhi 2005, Nr. 20-21 Provenance Collection Dr. Ludwig Jansen (1919-2020), acquired from Georg L. Hartl Asiatica, Munich, on 22.3.1973 (invoice available) Notes VAT: Margin scheme