Figure of the Buddha |
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Collected By: Truscott
Region: Burma, South-East Asia
Description: Made of dry lacquer in Burma in the mid 18th century, in the style of the Kanboung dynasty. The gesture of his right hand is “calling the Earth to witness” to his virtue, shortly before his Awakening. The ‘snail shell’ curls of his hair and long earlobes are marks of his more than human status. One of only three such life sized figures in this country. Collected by Captain Truscott before 1827.
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