A MICA-INLAID, GILT AND BLACK DRY-LACQUER FIGURE OF BUDDHA
A MICA-INLAID, GILT AND BLACK DRY-LACQUER FIGURE OF BUDDHA

BURMA, MANDALAY PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A MICA-INLAID, GILT AND BLACK DRY-LACQUER FIGURE OF BUDDHA
BURMA, MANDALAY PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Seated on a high plain pedestal with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, the left resting on his lap, wearing samghati, with long sash falling to the front of the pedestal, bejewelled, profusely inlaid with mica and coloured glass, his face with serene expression mother-of pearl inlaid eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes and his head topped with a crown
46 in. (117 cm.) high

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