A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI Burma, Shan period, 18th ct. H. 29,7 cm Seated in vajrasana on a high hour-glass shaped pedestal with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra while the left is resting on his lap, wearing uttarasangha and samghati, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows running into his nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes touching his shoulders, curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and topped with a lotus-bud. South German private collection, assembled in the 1970s Partly green corroded