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17th-18th Century Lao Lang Chang Bronze Seated Buddha browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Southeast Asian:Sculpture:Pre 1800: item # 772100 Please refer to our stock # 1058 when inquiring.
Boran Asian Art Grays, 1-7 Davies Mews, Mayfair, London, W1 0044 (0)795 422 8735 Guest Book Price On Request |
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Details: A good sized and unusual example of a bronze seated Buddha from probably the Lang Chang region of Laos. Buddha is seated in Maravijaya upon a high stepped, incised, lotus base. He is deep in meditation with his silver inlaid eyes in trance like concentration above smiling crimson lips. His body is powerful with strong broad shoulders and arms tapering down to a slim waist and muscular legs. His hands are in Bhumisparsha mudra with typically Lao equal length fingers. From around the early 17th century Laos bronze casters had a tendency to simplify Buddha’s proportions from the more traditional northern Thai forms resulting in a kind of angular individuality, which has become easily recognizable as Lao. At the same time, there was a place for decorative flourishes, as seen especially in the incised lotus base, the broader pointed incised ears and lotus shaped radiance surmounting the usnisha. The representation of Buddha performing the Bhumisparsha mudra is without doubt the most prolific in South East Asian Buddhist art. It depicts Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) sitting in the wilderness just before he attained enlightenment, touching the ground to raise the Goddess of the Earth to defeat the armies of Mara the god of desire and death. In so doing this, Siddhartha had overcome the last of many dangers and temptations Mara had laid before him. A great victory indeed, which must account for the widespread popularity of this theme in South East Asia. Age: 17th-18th Century. Height: 52 cm.
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