Laos, 19th century.

H. 50 cms, 19 ˝ ins.

A deep brown patinated bronze figure of a Buddha, seated on a high pedestal with his right hand in bhumisparsimudra (the gesture of ‘summoning the earth to witness’), the face smiling and serene beneath a conical usnisha rising to a lotus bud knop.

Reference: For two similar 19th century Buddhas see page 242 (lower left and right) in S. Lopetcharat, Lao Buddha: The Image and Its History, Bangkok: Siam International Book Company, 2000.