｜Myanmar/Burma. 18th/19th c.｜Dark red dry lacquer with residue of gilding. Base closed with wood, lacquered wooden tip. Sitting on a high base. The elegantly elongated hands in bhumisparsa and dhyâna mudrâ, the hair shown as fine tips. The garment in relief with the sash over the left shoulder. Buddha of this size in dry lacquer are extremely rare in western collections. Height 98cm. Condition A/B.｜Provenance:|-Private collection Berlin. 1975-78 acquired locally.| |Literature:|-R. Isaaca & T.R. Blurton: Visions from the Golden Land. Chicago 2000, No. 72-74, p. 129-132.|-Sylvia Fraser-Lu: Burmese Lacquerware. Bangkok 1985. P. 108-9.