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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