Art Asiatique / Bouddhisme] Statuette de Bouddha debout en bronze doré (Gilded Bronze) – Style - Statuette - Myanmar/Burma

Art Asiatique / Buddhism] Standing Buddha statuette in gilded bronze (Gilded Bronze) – Rattanakosin style / Burma (19th - early 20th century)

Refined and antique statuette / votive amulet in cast bronze depicting Buddha standing in a hieratic posture, hands crossed over the chest (standing meditation gesture / Atthama Mudra or veneration).

Subject: Standing Buddha, dressed in the expansive monastic robe of traditional style with a hairstyle topped by a conical ushnisha.

Material: Solid bronze enhanced with gold leaf gilding. Presence of a peg/tenon for fixation under the foot showing a beautiful patina and natural verdigris (green patina).

Provenance / Style: Southeast Asian religious art (Thai Rattanakosin style / Shan region - Burma).

Period: 19th century – early 20th century.

Dimensions:

Height: 7.8 cm

Width: 4.3 cm

Thickness: 1.5 cm

Weight: 69 g (a piece quite dense in solid bronze)

Surface & Patina: Very beautiful antique patina. The gilding shows authentic wear leaving visible the oxidized bronze and the details of the underlying casting.

Base: Presence of the original peg/tenon fixation under the feet with authentic copper verdigris patina (verdigris).

Structure: Statuette in very good condition, with no cracks or major bronze loss.