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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA The sculpture also exhibits a touch of Sukhothai styling in the
NORTHERN THAILAND, LAN NA PERIOD, high-arched eyebrows and the shawl’s ‘fishtail’ pleat. Two eminent
15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY 14th-century Phra Singh Buddhas blending elements of Lan Na
12 1/8 in. (30.7 cm) high and Sukhothai styles are discussed in Stratton, Buddhist Sculpture
of Northern Thailand, Chicago, 2004, pp.171-2, figs.7.15 & 7.18.
$8,000 - 12,000 Stratton also publishes further examples closely related to the present
sculpture (with similar bases), spanning the mid-15th to early-16th
泰國北部 蘭納王朝 十五/十六世紀早期 佛陀銅坐像 centuries (ibid., p.178, figs.7.51 & 7.53).

The sculpture is a classic example of the Lan Na kingdom’s Phra Singh Provenance
type of Buddha image. It characteristically depicts Buddha seated in Ex-Collection of Louis and Annette Kaufman, assembled 1930s-1960s
‘double lotus’ posture, extending his right hand to claim victory over
Mara’s last attempts to entrap him. Other defining features include the
jewel finial above the ushnisha, the large hair curls, the robe in ‘open
mode’, and a monastic shawl draped high over the left shoulder.

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