Size 26cm Tall
Price £1950 We Pay UK Postage
Very Rare 11th-14thC, Mon Hanthawaddy Period, Hand Carved Sandstone Buddha, with red paint pigment traces to the hair and robes. The skin areas of the Buddha has been highlighted in white paint. This sculpture would have once been residing in a white painted hilltop pagoda. Museum quality sculpture and great investment too. This sculpture was obtained in the UK and not recently removed from its country of origin.
The “Mon Hanthawaddy Period” refers to the powerful Mon-speaking kingdom (Hanthawaddy) that ruled lower Burma (modern-day Myanmar) from 1287 to 1539, with a brief revival from 1550 to 1552. This golden age saw the kingdom become a major center for commerce and the Theravada Buddhist faith, flourishing under gifted monarchs after successfully defending against the rival Kingdom of Ava. It was ultimately conquered by the Taungoo dynasty in the 16th century.
