Details: A finely cast, handsome, and powerfully proportioned example of an Angkor period bronze seated Buddha in the late Bayon style. Buddha is seated in Maravijaya upon an attractive Khmerized double lotus throne, his hands in Bhumisparsha and Dyhana mudra respectively calling the earth to witness his many previous good and compassionate deeds. Buddha’s square face is meditative and serene, typically Bayon with his broad smiling expression. The large curls of his hair are separated from his f ...click for details
Details: An attractive and pure example of an early Ayutthaya 15th century seated Buddha in the U-Thong type ‘C’ style. The Buddha is seated in Maravijaya, his right hand hanging heavily over his knee reaching to touch the ground with long, elegant, elongated fingers, while the left hand remains in a meditative position in his lap palm up. His face is serene with large heavy lidded downcast eyes and full smiling bud-like lips. In profile, the eyebrows almost imperceptibly project; they are defi ...click for details
Details: A rare and attractive example of an 8th to 9th century Dvaravati bronze standing Buddha. It is clear the caster of this early image did well to impart such a state of peaceful transcendence in a small bronze, not an easy task for artisans who were more comfortable working in stone rather than bronze. Buddha’s face is classically Mon showing localized ideals of beauty; a slightly exaggerated broad square face, wide nose, full thick lips, heavy lidded elongated eyes, and clearly defined ...click for details
Details: A rare and dynamic example of a 13th century “Lopburi” Standing Buddha, probably from the Buriram area. Buddha is standing with strength in a symmetrical posture which represents a survival of the Dvaravati type, but with the later Khmer innovation of both the hands in the gesture of Abhayamudra as opposed the popular Dvaravati gesture of both hands in Vitarkamudra. Buddha’s frame is strong and powerful with wonderful proportions, the body of an athlete. He wears his robe or Uttarasang ...click for details
Details: An extremely unusual early example of a Khmer Buddha or regal Buddhist adorant from around the 9th century. He is seated in dhyanasana with his hands placed together in front of his powerful chest in adoration. His face is broad with full lips and large eyes beneath arched brows, his hair covered beneath a detailed floral crown, seated on a single tier lotus throne similar to thrones of contemporary Srivijaya, Dvaravati and Pala pieces. Crowns such as he is wearing were worn by kings a ...click for details
Details: A rare and very naturalistic example of a Pagan seated Buddha from around the 11th to 12th century. Buddha is seated in Maravijaya on an attractive double lotus throne, his hands in Bhumisparsha and Dyhana mudra respectively calling the earth to witness his many previous good and compassionate deeds. This Buddha sits very well, his body and face are subtly fleshy showing real natural detail and form, which is hard to achieve on a small image such as this. The face is flanked by long he ...click for details
Details: A rare and interesting example of transitional post Pagan seated Buddha from 14th century Burma. Buddha is seated in vajrasana on a low tiered throne, his right hand in Bhumisparsa mudra and his left held in Dhyana mudra. He is wearing a long transparent monk’s robe with the right shoulder bare, his face focused in deep meditation. Buddha’s hair is tightly curled covering his domed usnisha which is surmounted by his small radiant ketumala. ...click for details
Details: A charming example of a 19th century Mandalay seated alabaster lacquered Buddha in royal attire. Buddha is seated in vajrasana on an elaborately decorated low stepped base, his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra while the left hand rests on his lap in dhyana mudra. His face is happy and contented with his eyes trancelike expressing the depth of his meditation. He is wearing the lavish attire of a Burmese king over his well proportioned frame and has a high usnisha covered in gilt. ...click for details
Details: A classically Angkor Wat styled early 12th century example of Vishnu’s consort Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. She wears a diadem with a conical chignon cover, earrings and a jeweled belt with pendants hidden beneath the drapery fold in front but visible on the back. She is clothed in a pleated Sampot with a down turned edge at the waist, the lower edge of the central pleat opens into an Angkor Wat styled fishtail at front. The consor ...click for details
Details: A rare and attractive Khmer example of Vairocana the foremost of the five transcendent Dhyani Buddhas in the Mahayana pantheon. Vairocana is seated in the adamantine Vajraparyanka attitude and makes the wisdom fist Bodhyagrimudra upon a finely modelled double lotus pedestal, which rest atop a square socle unusually adorned with a small Vajra in relief. His face is classically Bayon in style, a warm expression with full fleshy lips conveying a sense of assured wisdom and serenity. His cl ...click for details
