A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Burma, Shan-Periode , ca. 18th ct.
H. 40 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a tiered throne with his right hand lowered 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, elongated earlobes touching his shoulders, curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud.
From an old Austrian private collection, assembled in the 1970s
Traces of age, one small chip