Description: A THAI AYUTTHAYA GOLD AND SILVER BUDDHA, TOGETHER WITH A BURMESE SILVER BUDDHA, 19TH CENTURY
The Buddha in bhumisphara mudra, formed of beaten fine sheet-gold over a clay core, with incised decoration depicting the features and clothing, on a separate tall plinth base, of silver similarly worked over a clay core. Together with another Buddha in bhumisphara mudra, worked in sheet silver over a clay core, the base in the form of a lotus flower with a coiled serpent.
The gold Buddha 9.5cm high, 6cm wide. The silver base 9.3cm high, 12cm wide, together, 18.5cm high, 12cm wide. The other silver Buddha, 14cm high, 6.2cm wide.