Statue

2017-22-11

From: Burma | Mandalay

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2017-22-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Buddhist
Provenience Burma | Mandalay
Period 20th Century
Date Made 20th Century
Section Asian
Materials Bronze | Gilt
Iconography Buddha | Muchalinda | Dhyanasana | Bhumisparsa Mudra | Dhyana Mudra
Description

Burmese bronze sitting Buddha on a Munchalinda. The Buddha is seated in dhyanasana on a three coiled body of Muchalinda. His hands are in the bhumisarsa and dhyana mudra and he is wearing a monastic robe falling from the left shoulder across his body. His face has a benevolent expression with a bow-shaped mouth and inset eyes with finely arched eyebrows in relief. The hair is rendered in tiny curls surmounted by a domed ushnisha contained by a broad band corresponding to the fillet. The piece is in a Mandalay style with an unusual form of the Muchalinda with only one head.

Height 65 cm
Width 34.5 cm
Depth 29 cm
Credit Line Gift of James E. Bogle, Jr., FA52, 2017
Other Number 2532/1 - Collector Number

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