THAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI,Lanna school. Seated in Dhyanasana on a shaped throne, his hands in Bhumisparsa and Dhyana Mudras, wearing a sanghati leaving his right shoulder bare, the hem finely incised with scrolling foliate vine, his hair arranged in tight rows of conical corkscrew curls, the domed usnisa surmounted by a knopped cintamani finial - 20 in. high. Estimate $1,500-2,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of Rosemarie E. Hahn, Bethesda, MD
The figure has a casting crack on the back of the shoulder and the right knee; scratches to the surface