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Seated Buddha

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 68.50.1
Type: sculpture; religious or cult object; metalwork
Date of production:
19th century
Place of production:
North Thailand (Siam), Southeast Asia
Materials/Techniques: bronze, lacquered, gilt, painted
Dimensions: height: 24 cm
width: 14.5 cm
Statue of a seated Buddha, with the right hand in earth-touching gesture (Skt. bhumisparsha mudra), with a towering flame-shaped ushnisha and elongated earlobes. A crack is clearly visible on the neck of this statue belonging to the iconographic type Buddha subduing Mara (Maravijaya).
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