Thai Bronze Figure of Buddha

the standing figure with its hands in Vitarka mudra, wearing a diaphanous robe leaving the right shoulder bare and hanging in a long pleated cape-like manner over his left arm, with serene facial expression, its hair arranged in large curls

Measurements:

height 76.5 cm

Provenance:

The Collection of Lady Sybil Joel, Sydney, Acquired by the above c. 1960

Labels:

Cf. for comparison A Collection Odyssey, Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Pal, P., cat. 125, p 101-3, accompanied by copy of valuation

• EStimate $8,000 - $12,000
• sold $9,600 Incl BP