A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHAMUCHALINDA

Description:

Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th cent.
H. 20,3 cm
Seated in virasana on the coils of the snake resting on a rectangular base, both hands placed on his lap showing the dhyanamudra, wearing monastic garment including a mantle covering his left shoulder, a small section of the garment is draped over the same shoulder falling down his chest, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with pendeloque earrings, his hair combed into the ushnisha secured with a tiara and the seven-headed snake canopy above
Southern German private collection - Minor traces of age, green patina