A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th c.
H. 57 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a tiered pedestal with his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing uttarasansha and samghati draped over hie left shoulder and falling down his body in concentric pleats terminating in a flaring border, his face displaying a serene expression with mother-of-pearl inlaid eyes below arched eyebrows running into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes touching his shoulders and the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha.
Former Suisse private collection, acquried prior to 2005 - Minor wear due to age, on the back of the head partially only few remnants of sand