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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A bronze bust of Buddha
NORTHERN THAILAND, LAN NA STYLE, 16TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze bust of Buddha
Northern Thailand, Lan Na style, 16th century
Cast with his left hand in dhyana mudra, wearing a diaphanous robe with incised hems, his gentle face in a meditative expression with full lips, dimpled chin, and heavy-lidded eyes beneath arched brows, flanked by elongated earlobes, his hair arranged in snail-shell curls rising over the ushnisha, a rich green patina overall
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high
Northern Thailand, Lan Na style, 16th century
Cast with his left hand in dhyana mudra, wearing a diaphanous robe with incised hems, his gentle face in a meditative expression with full lips, dimpled chin, and heavy-lidded eyes beneath arched brows, flanked by elongated earlobes, his hair arranged in snail-shell curls rising over the ushnisha, a rich green patina overall
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, October 1997, lot 134