THAI SITTING BUDDHA

BRONZE (WITH SILVER CONTENT?)

AYUTTHAYA SCHOOL

CIRCA 18^TH CENTURY

66 cm / 27” high w/o /base

EXHIBITED: Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York ,Spring 1971 Catalog exhibition entitled ‘Art of Thailand.’ Item 15: Loan number 399.70L

DESCRIPTION: The Buddha is seated in European fashion, accepting homage from the animals. The Buddha is in varada-mudra- the posture of granting a wish. The robes are those of a monk; with the right shoulder bare. In this piece the rock that the Buddha is seated on and the animals are missing.