BURMESE STANDING BUDDHA 

WOOD AND LACQUER

MANDALAY STYLE

CIRCA 19^th CENTURY

96.5 cm/ 38 “From base of Lotus to crown.

DESCRIPTION: The lord Buddha in an adorned, jeweled sanghati in a gesture of standing with both hands downward his usnisa arranged in rows of mall rounded curls contained by a jeweled headband. Characteristic of the Mandalay style of the Alaungpaya-Dynasty (1752-1885) are the headband of Thai origin with its jewel or glass inlay, the net-like hair cap with dots of lacquer to indicate curls and usnisa without flame (rasmi).