A RED-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Burma, Pagan style
H. 135,5 cm (o.S.)
Standing in samabhanga on a lotus-base with his right hand raised in the abhayamudra and the left in varadamudra, wearing uttarasangha and samghati leaving the right shoulder bare, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, his black coloured hair continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a flame, traces of gilt- and black-lacquer.
From a South German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Traces of age, the right hand and the tip repaired