A Gilt Copper Alloy Head of Buddha, Ayutthaya Style, Thailand, circa 16th Century

Property From a Private Northwestern Collection

A Gilt Copper Alloy Head of Buddha 

Ayutthaya Style, Thailand, circa 16th Century

Height 17⅞ in. (45.4 cm)

the oval shaped serene face with arched eyebrows in relief with heavy-lidded downcast eyes recessed for inlay, an elongated nose mirrored by the pendulous ears framing the face, the delicately hemmed lips, the hair arranged in rows of spiral curls rising to form a domed ushnisha pierced for insertion of a separately-cast finial