A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 17th cent.
H. 88 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a tiered pedestal with his right hand raised in the abhayamudra while the left is stretched down along his body, wearing uttarasangha fastened around his waist with a belt and samghati covering both shoulders, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast mother-of-pearl inlaid eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, elongated earlobes and a curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha, flame lost.
Old German noble collection, in the family since the 1980s - Minor wear, traces of age, minor old repair