A large gilt- and black-lacquered bronze figure of Buddha Shakyamuni

Description:

Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 17th / 18th c.
H. 197 (231) cm
Standing in samapada with his right hand raised in abhayamudra while the left is stretched down along his body, wearing uttarasangha and samghati, 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 into the ushnisha and topped with a separate cast flame, on stand.
From an old South German private collection - Minor traces of age