A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Thailand, Ayutthaya period, early 17th cent.
H. 90 cm (o.S.)
Standing in samabhanga with his raised right hand in abhayamudra while the left arm is lowered down along his body, wearing diaphanous monastic garment including uttarasangha fastened around the waist with a belt and the samghati draped over both shoulders, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, curled hairdo continuing in to the ushnisha and topped with a flame, traces of gilt- and black-lacquer, on stand.
From the collection of the director and actor Johannes Schaaf (1933-2019), mostly collected in the 1970s to 90s - Partly restored