A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

Description:

Burma, Ava period, ca. 18th c.
H. 41 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a tiered pedestal with his right hand lowered in bumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing uttarasangha and samghati, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a stylized flame and secured with an elaborate ornamented crown set with a pair of shaped flanges .
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Traces of age, partly slightly corroded