Seated Buddha
19th century (made)
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Representation of the Buddha, who gazes downwards, and is seated in the bhumisparsa-padmasana mudra (earth-touching or witness gesture seated in the lotus position) on a low waisted pedestal. His left hand rests upturned on his lap. Depicted in monastic robes which leaves his right should bare. It falls in folds down the front and has raised beaded decoration on the edges. His curly hair, decorated with a fillet across the brow, rises to an ushnisha (top knot).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved in wood overlaid with <font -i>thitsi</font>-lacquer partly applied in <font -i>thayo</font> (relief moulded) ornament resembling gesso-work, and <font -i>shwei zawa</font> (gold-leaf) |
| Brief description | Burmese Buddha in monastic robes seated in bhumisparsa-padmasana mudra on a low pedestal. Konbaung Dynasty. Modelled in wood overlaid with thitsi-lacquer, thayo work and shwei zawa. 19th century |
| Physical description | Representation of the Buddha, who gazes downwards, and is seated in the bhumisparsa-padmasana mudra (earth-touching or witness gesture seated in the lotus position) on a low waisted pedestal. His left hand rests upturned on his lap. Depicted in monastic robes which leaves his right should bare. It falls in folds down the front and has raised beaded decoration on the edges. His curly hair, decorated with a fillet across the brow, rises to an ushnisha (top knot). |
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| Production | Transferred from Bethnel Green Museum July 1966 |
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| Accession number | Misc.1-1919 |
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| Record created | September 2, 2003 |
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