Description
This Buddha displays his right palm-the gesture associated with the cosmic Buddha of the south and known as "charity" or "bestowing favors."
Exhibitions
Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham. 2001-2003.
Provenance
Heeramaneck auction sale, Public Plaza Galleries, New York; John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, May 25, 1972, by purchase.
