The broad face, stocky proportions, defined knuckles, and robe design are attributes of sculptures from the Khasa Malla kingdom, which extended across Western Tibet and Western Nepal between the 12th and 14th centuries. Compare with a larger example in the Rubin Museum of Art (see Debreczeny, Collection Highlights, New York, 2014, p.13)

Exhibited
Smile of the Buddha: Image of Enlightenment, Australian National University, Canberra, 1 November-16 December 2007.

Provenance
Lindsay Phillips Collection, New South Wales
Phillip Adams Collection, Australia, acquired from the above, circa 1989