A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHAMUCHALINDA

Description:

Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th cent.
H. 18,5 cm
Seated in sattvasana on the coils of a seven headed snake with both hands resting in dhyanamudra on his lap, wearing samghati, bejewelled, his face dislaying a serene expression and the snake heads forming a canopy above his head, on wood stand.
Southern German private collection, assembled before 2000 - Traces of age, partly chipped