Laos, 17th - 18th century, Maravijaya Buddha in bronze with dark patina

Laos, 17th - 18th century, Maravijaya Buddha in bronze with dark patina
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Laos
17th - 18th century
Bronze
30 x 16 cm
Accidents and deformations to the base / Very nice old patina
Private collection

The Buddha is represented seated on a double stepped base, the lower part decorated at the top with a row of small gadroons overhanging stylized lotus leaves, the latter placed above large four-lobed openwork motifs.
The Enlightened One is seated in the sattvaparyanka position, with his right leg resting on his left leg and his hands in bumisparsha mudra, his right hand resting on his knee, fingers pointing to the ground, and his left hand placed in his lap, palm facing the sky.
The body has broad shoulders and a chest filled with the breath of meditation. The powerful arms have delicate hands with long tapered fingers. The Buddha is dressed in samgathi, the monastic habit, leaving the right shoulder uncovered, with a piece of cloth placed on the left shoulder and falling straight down to the navel.
The face, with its great interiority, is classic of Lao statuary: eyes with half-closed lids (formerly decorated with silver) surmounted by perfectly rounded eyebrows that meet at the base of an aquiline nose in the shape of an eagle's beak, overhanging a mouth with thin lips sketching a slight smile, and a neck with the three folds of beauty. The skull is covered with a multitude of small spikes and surmounted at the top by the usnisa (cranial protuberance) from which springs a high flamed rasmi. The pointed ears with long lobes distended by the weight of the jewels that the Buddha wore as a prince symbolize the royal origin of the Awakened One.


The representation of our Buddha is part of the classical images of the canons of Buddhist statuary and refers to a particular episode in the life of the Awakened One. The latter being close to attaining enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, Mara, the god of unfulfilled desires, tries to distract the Blessed One and claims the throne of enlightenment for himself. Faced with the repeated assaults of Mara, the Buddha remains impassive and by this symbolic gesture, takes the Earth as witness of his will to reach complete Enlightenment.

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