A POLYCHROME WOOD MALE FIGURE

Description:

Burma, early 20th c.
H. 55,5 cm
Carved in kneeling posture on a pedestal with both hands in clasped in front of his chest, wearing skirt decorated with a raised band containing scrolling tendrils, his head with a concentrated facial expression, painted pupils below heavy eyebrows, beard and his shaven hairdo head set with a tiara to the front.
From an old German private collection, assembled between the 1970s and 80s