5¹⁄₂ in. (14 cm.) high

Trocadéro, Kenny & Higgins Asian Art, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Collection of Dr. Frank Jannotta, Maryland, acquired from the above, 1 April 1986.

Oglethorpe University Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, "The Many Faces of Buddha," October-November 1986, cat. no. 4B.

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This richly gilt bronze figure is solidly cast seated in vajraparyankasana with his hands folded in dhyanamudra. Buddha’s broad-shouldered form is fitted in a finely pleated sanghati draped over his left torso. His face bares a calm, meditative expression and is framed by pendulous earlobes and closely cropped curls surmounted by a flaming siraspata. Sri Lankan Buddha figures are noted for remarkable stylistic conservativism, having followed a consistent canon of proportions from their earliest origins. The later Kandyan period, however, saw considerable variation in the rendering of the robe, marked by precise linear and wave patterns worked into the folds.