Standing Figure of the Buddha

Thai

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1500 - 1599

Produced in the workshops of Ayutthaya, the former Thai capital of Siam. Large scale. His right hand is raised in a gesture of reassurance and his left parallels the folds in his robes. He stands on a lotus base with raised petals.

• Medium: copper alloy with traces of gilding & mother of pearl
• Dimensions: 168 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £20000 ( Total: £78,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Jean Nies

Provenance

In western collections since at least the 1960s; bought from a German private collection by the vendor in 1994.

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