Standing Figure of the Buddha
Artist: Thai
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1500 - 1599
Materials: copper alloy with traces of gilding & mother of pearl
Dimensions: 168 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £78,000)
Vendor: Jean Nies
Review number: 4329 (1996)
Provenance:
In western collections since at least the 1960s; bought from a German private collection by the vendor in 1994.
Description:
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.
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