
A GILT LACQUER WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA THAILAND OR LAOS, 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY 61 in. (154.9 cm) hig, excluding tang Footnotes: 泰國或老撾 十八世紀晚期/十九世紀早期 木雕漆金佛陀像 Published Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer Asian Art, Luminescence from the East: an exhibition of Buddhist and Hindu sculpture from India, China and Southeast Asia, 2004, no. 16. Provenance Jonathan Tucker and Antonia Tozer Asian Art, London, 2004 Private Connecticut Collection Standing with both arms pendant, this posture is unique to Southeast Asia. It may represent the Buddha walking during his ascent from Tavatimsa Heaven or after Enlightenment; in Thailand, it is also interpreted as a 'calling for rain' gesture. For a slightly later wood example from Lamphun, Thailand, see Heidi Tan et al., Enlightened Ways: The Many Streams of Buddhism in Thailand, Singapore, 2012, pp. 122-123, fig. 43. The style of the belt is comparable to a Buddha from Vientiane, see S. Lopetcharat, Lao Buddha: The Image and Its History, Bangkok, 2000, p. 244. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing






























