A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Thailand, Lanna period, 16th c.
H. 23 cm
Seated in sattvasana on a three-legged throne with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing uttarsangha and samghati, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and his curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha, traces of gilt-lacquer.
Former old German private collection, assembled in the 1980s
Traces of age, the reverse of the base slightly damaged