Description Seated in mediation on a flat base, both hands in dhyana mudra, the head covered by circular locks topped by a flame ornament (siraspata), the sanghati is rendered by incised lines. Wooden stand.
Dimensions Height 10.5 cm
Literature Compare: Ulrich von Schroeder, The Golden Age of Sculpture in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong 1992, p. 38 ff and Guardian of the Flame, Phoenix 2003 p. 84-85
Provenance Private collection, The Netherlands, acquired at Christie′s, Amsterdam, 7.11.1994, lot 26
Notes VAT: Margin scheme