A gray stone seated Buddhist figure


The Buddha head surmounted by a densely incised coiffure of wave patterns forming the large domical usnisa, now attached to a likely originally unrelated seated body of a Bodhisattva holding his left hand in dhyanamudra and the now lost right arm displaying traces of possibly a fly whisk, the shoulders still carved in relief to support the long tresses of the original head, the torso bedecked in a complicated combination of long strands of jewelry, pleats of fabric, and unusual swirling armor patterns at the breasts, spilling over onto a lotus throne, itself raised upon an elaborate multi-level waisted plinth enclosing several lions; the heavy stone of dark color. 18 1/4in (46.5cm) high