Grey stone Buddha, Nepal, 18th - 19th century The Buddha is seated on a lotus base, leaning against a plant mandorla. He is making the gesture of meditation and holding a bowl in his hands. He is dressed in the monastic robe, his face is serene, the earlobes elongated, the eyes half-closed, the urna incised on the forehead. The hair is composed of small juxtaposed curls and surmounted by a cranial protuberance. Height : 26 cm Accidents, missing parts and restorations. Provenance: - 2017-2023, Paris collection. - Sale Cornette de Saint Cyr, March 24, 2017, lot 115 (expert Jean-Luc Estournel). - Sale Loiseau Schmitz, St-Germain-en-Laye, 11 November 1979, lot 164 (expert Josette Schulmann).