A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Burma, Shan period, ca. 18th c.
H. 30,5 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a tiered pedestal with 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 eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes touching his shoulders, his hair combed in a chignon continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus bud, traces of gilt-lacquer.
Former old German private collection, assembled in the 1980s
Partly traces of age, only few small chips