A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, AYUTTHAYA KINGDOM Thailand, 15^th-17^th century. Finely cast wearing a samghati tied at the waist, the serene face flanked by long earlobes slightly flared at the tips, the eyes downcast beneath smoothly sloping brows meeting the ridge of the nose and echoed by the hairline. The hair arranged in tight curls and the domed ushnisha surmounted by a tall ketumala set ablaze.

Provenance: From an English private collection.
Condition: Presenting very well, the condition overall as expected and commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, nicks, scratches, dents, few structural cracks. Remnants of gilt. Fine, naturally grown patina with areas of malachite encrustation.

Weight: 1,760 g
Dimensions: Height 37.5 cm (excl. stand) and 44.4 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on an associated metal stand. (2)

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related bronze Ayutthaya bust of Buddha, dated to the 15^th century, at Christie’s New York in The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part V on 21 March 2015, lot 1068, sold for USD 40,000.