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SIAM, RATTANAKOSIN PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Large gilded bronze subject on a black lacquered background, depicting the Buddha seated in meditation on a base underlined by two rows of lotus petals, and a historiated frieze in slight relief, centered with a votive inscription; hands joined before him in dhyanasana, his highly ornate monastic robe leaving the left shoulder bare, hair in tight curls surmounted by the flamed ushnisha. (Worn gilding, flame slightly tilted). H. 99 cm
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SIAM, RATTANAKOSIN PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Large gilded bronze subject on a black lacquered background, depicting the Buddha seated in meditation on a base underlined by two rows of lotus petals, and a historiated frieze in slight relief, centered with a votive inscription; hands joined before him in dhyanasana, his highly ornate monastic robe leaving the left shoulder bare, hair in tight curls surmounted by the flamed ushnisha. (Worn gilding, flame slightly tilted). H. 99 cm
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