Antique Mandalay Crowned Teak Wood Buddha Statue
AGE: – 19th Century
CONSTRUCTION: – Teak wood
DESCRIPTION: – Burmese Mandalay Crowned teak wood Buddha statue with glass eyes, thayo lacquer, gild and glass mosaic decoration.
HEIGHT: – 64cm
WIDTH: – 39cm
DEPTH: – 27cm
WEIGHT: – 10 kg.
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#910
This is a stunning and beautiful Burmese antique Mandalay crowned teak wood Buddha Statue of museum quality, dressed in royal regalia with a rosette of white glass beads depicting jewels in the centre back and front of the body, a seven tiered crown decorated with thayo lacquer and inlaid glass representing the eyes. Thayo lacquer decorates the pedestal with a scrolling pattern to resemble lotus flowers.
The body is heavily decorated with thayo lacquer in a diamond shaped pattern with an inlaid glass mosaic within each diamond and fully gilded. A double row of flanges with thayo lacquer decoration decorate the shoulder. This style of Buddha incorporates some of the Arakan and Shan style statues with large earnings and tiered crown.