A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

Description:

Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 17th cent.
H. 35,5 cm (o.S.)
The head is carved with a serene facial expression showing downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into his nose-bridge, smiling lips, damaged elongated earlobes and the curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha.
Old Southern German private collection, in the family since the 1970s according to the present owner - Chipped, minor rest.