A THAI MON-DVARAVATI STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

A THAI MON-DVARAVATI STYLE BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
PROBABLY 8TH/9TH CENTURY

1.4kg, 26.8cm.

From an English private collection; by repute, Christie's London 13th August 1987.

Standing with both hands held in vitarka mudra, dressed in a long sanghati that flares at the bottom, the hair fashioned in snail-shell curls surmounted by a ushnisha, supported on a modern stand.

From an English private collection acquired prior to 2000 and thence by descent; by repute, Christie's London 13th August 1987.