A BRONZE FIGURE OF THE CROWNED BUDDHA

Description:

Burma, Shan period, 17th/ 18th cent.
H. 23,2 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a raised pedestal with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon topped with a high lotus bud and secured with an elaborate crown ornamented with a pair of wide and floating flanges.
An old private collection from southern Germany, assembled from the 1970s onwards - Slightly chipped and worn