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BIRMANIE XVIIIe SIÈCLE

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BIRMANIE XVIIIe SIÈCLE

Important wooden statue, formerly lacquered and gilded, representing the Buddha standing on a lotiform base, both hands along his body dressed in the monastic robe (kesa), the peaceful face sketching a slight smile, surmounted by the stylized ushnisha flame, the long earlobes symbolizing the listening of the world. Inlays of glassware (?) on the belt and the base.

H. 101 cm

(cracks, chips, missing and missing lacquer and gilding)



PROVENANCE

Private Parisian collection of Mr. L. constituted over three generations since the end of the 19th century. Possible invoice dated September 19, 1941 at MICHON Fils & Gendre, 156 boulevard Haussmann in Paris (75008). Second line.