A silver-inlaid bronze figure of Shakyamuni BuddhaYuan dynasty, circa 14th centuryHeight 16.8 cm, 6⅝ in.__________________________________________________________________________Statue de Bouddha Shakyamuni en bronze incrusté d'argent, dynastie Yuan, vers XIVe siècle__________________________________________________________________________元約十四世紀 銅錯銀釋迦牟尼佛坐像专文: The Buddha is here portrayed with hands in bhumisparsha mudra, dressed in a diaphanous monk’s robe with silver inlay on the hems, seated in vajraparyankasana on a lotus pedestal with inlaid silver beading along the upper rim. The base is sealed with a copper plate engraved with the eight Buddhist emblems of the ashtamangala with a visvavajra at centre. Compare the silver inlay on the robe of a Zhiyuan period, Yuan dynasty bronze Buddha, in Buddhist Statues of Tibet: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2003, p. 221, cat. no. 210