A GILT- AND BLACK-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Thailand, Ayutthaya Period, 18th c.
H. 110 cm (o.S.)
Standing in samabhanga with both hands raised in the abhayamudra, wearing a monastic garment including uttarasangha and samghati fastened around the middle with a belt, covering both shoulders and falling down along his body with flaring sides, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes, curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a separate cast flame.
From a German private collection, assembled in the 1990s - on wood base - Minor traces of age, partly slightly chipped