Description
A RARE CARVED IVORY STANDING BUDDHA, AYUTTHAYA KINGDOM
Thailand, 17th century. Standing on an elaborately carved octagonal triple-lotus base, the face with a serene expression with downcast eyes, long pendulous earlobes, arched eyebrows, and a gentle smile. The hair in tight curls and flaming ushnisha as well as the sash are lacquer-gilt.
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Condition: Wear, age cracks. A loss to the right hand and another to the lower left tip of the robe show small old replacements carved from ivory. Minimal losses to the base and tip of the flaming ushnisha. Superb, naturally grown patina.
Weight: 222.3 g
Dimensions: Height 21.7 cm
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