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Lot 220
A LATE AYUTHIA BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, THAILAND, 17TH/18TH CENTURY seated in sattvasana, his hands in bhumisparsa and dhyana mudra, wearing elaborate jewellery, with tiered crown, earrings, bracelets and armlets, 25.5cm
This is an example of the later Ayuthia style which anticipates the highly decorated style of 19th century Bangkok (Ratnakosin). For a closely related bronze head in the Griswold Collection (Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore), see Hiram W. Woodward, Jr., The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand: the Alexander B. Griswold Collection at the Walters Art Gallery, Bangkok 1997, pl.234, p.237. See also Jean Boisselier, The Heritage of Thai Sculpture, New York & Tokyo 1975, fig.9, p.202.Losses to extremities, including throne, usnisa finial and bowl in left hand, surface somewhat weathered