South East Asian Thai Gilt Seated Buddha. 18th-19th century A.D. A gilt-bronze statuette of Buddha sitting cross-legged on a lotus flower dais; Buddha's right hand extending to the base, held in the Maravijaya posture, left hand placed palm-upwards in his lap; the triangular base with a rounded slot in each face, hollow to the underside. 1.1 kg, 21 cm (8 1/4 in.) South East London collection formed in the 1970s. Property of an East Sussex gentleman; from his private collection formed between 1983 and 1990.

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