19th C. Thai Rattanakosin Brass Buddha Head Southeast Asia, Thailand, Rattanakosin period, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A hollow cast brass head of the enlightened Buddha. Multiple rows of nodules representing his curly hair frame his wide, smooth brow and extend to the back of his head, and atop is a prominent flaming ushnisha. The Rattanakosin period in Buddhist art represented a break with previous styles; the center of production and religious worship shifted to Bangkok and metal replaced wood as the dominant material for making statues of the Buddha and other Buddhist icons. This style also recalls the Buddhas of the Post-classical Sukhothai Kingdom. Size: wood plinth cm 9 x cm 7.5, Diameter 13 cm , only head h cm 27, H (31.00 cm) on included custom stand. Total weight kg. 1.440.