A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHAMUCHALINDA

Description:

Thailand, Lopburi period, 13th ct,
H. 22 cm o.S.
The head carved with a serene facial expression with almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows, broad nose, smiling pouting lips, broken elongated earlobes, his hair combed in a conical chignon secured with a tiara and the reverse sculpted with a section of the snake-canopy.
Former German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Minor traces of age, partly slightly chipped, mounted to stand