A GILT- AND BLACK-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Thailand, Ratanakosin period, 18th/ 19th cent..
H. 99 cm (116 cm m.S.)
Standing in samabhanga with both hands in front of his abdomen holding a separate cast alms bowl, wearing uttarasangha fastened around his waist with a belt and samghati covering his left shoulder, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes and his spiky curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha.
Old German private collection - Traces of age, minor wear, minor old repairs, bowl not original