A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Sri Lanka, Kandya period, 19th ct,
H. 38 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a separate cast pedestal with his right hand in abhayamudra while the left is stretched down along his body, wearing monastic garment decorated with a wavy design, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, pierced elongated earlobes, the spiky curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a stylized flame
From a German private collection, assembled in the 1970s - Partly traces of wear and slightly corroded