Thailand
Lanna Style
Wood Figure
of Buddha
19 th
Century
Height: 13,8 cm/12,8cm
Seated in virasana,
his right hand lowered in bhumisparshamudra – the
gesture “ for the earth to witness", the left resting on his lab, wearing
samghati, his face with serene expression, arched
eyebrows above slit eyes, aquiline nose, happy face
with smiling lips, elongated earlobes, curled hair
dress and usnisha which is surmounted by a
flame. Beautiful aging of the wood,traces of laquer
and gilding.