A Mother-Of-Pearl Inlaid Lacquered Wood Maitreya Probably Korean, 19th century The figure seated in a meditative pose
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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUERED WOOD MAITREYA Probably Korean, 19th century The figure seated in a meditative pose, with the right leg crossed over the left and right hand touching the face, wearing a skirt falling in wide pleats and decorated with flowers and scrolling foliage, set on a faceted pedestal and lotus petal base decorated with birds amongst fruiting and blossoming trees. 32cm (12 5/8in) high. Footnotes: 或韓國 十九世紀 This combination of posture and gesture, a pan-Asian iconography known as the 'pensive pose,' became popular in Korea in the sixth and seventh centuries, influenced particularly by prototypes in Chinese Buddhist art of the mid-sixth century.
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