A GILT- AND RED-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Thailand, Ratnakosin period, early 19th ct.
H. 101 cm, B. 64 cm
Seated in sattvasana on a lotus-base placed on a throne cast with six rows of minute Buddha figures all around, his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing uttarasangha and samghati, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast inlaid eyes, elongated earlobes, curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with an associated flame.
From an old Bavarian private collection, assembled between the 1960s and 1990s
Partly traces of age and minor wear