Origin: Burma/Myanmar. Shan. Date: 18th-19th c. Technique: Bronze with colorful lacquerAnd lacque gilding. Description: The exuberant representation Maha-Bhinishkramana shows the later Buddha leaving the palace on his horse Kanthaka. Winged heavenly beings obstruct every sound of the horse's hooves so that no one can keep him. Mara has placed himself directly in front of the horse to prevent him from leavingAnd developing towards the enlightened Buddha. Measurement: Height 43.5cm,At the base 27x18cm. ConditionA/B.
Such representations come fromA set of mostly 29, which have important stations from the life of the BuddhaAs theme. They were mostly kept in templesAnd stupa.
Provenance: -Private collection Northern Germany.Acquired locally in the middle of the 20th c.
Literature: -Bob HudsonA.o.: Buddha's life in Konbaung period bronzes from Yazagyo. In: The Journal of Burma Studies, Vol.22. No.1, 2018, pp.1-30.