DESCRIPTION: 8th-9th Century exceptional rare and important Mon-Dvaravati standing Buddha composed of copper alloy with long cloak, hands in abhaya mudra, and the hair arranged in prominent curls forming the ushnisha. Displayed on round wood base.

Similar example sold at Christies and Bonhams and in the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection.

(See P.Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, P.102, and P.299, Cat. No. 124)

Accompanied by original hand inscribed photograph of object from the collection of Alfred Byrd Graf.

Provenance: (Collection of Alfred Byrd Graf)

Purchased from (Col. Hon. Justice Roberts on 4/11/55)
CIRCA: 8th - 9th Cent.
ORIGIN: Thailand
DIMENSIONS: H: 12.25" x W: 3" x L: 4.25"
CONDITION: Wear consistent with age.
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