19th C Thai Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha. Shakyamuni 'calling the earth to witness' mudra. Traces of gilt to recesses. On a gilt and lacquer wooden stand. H24cm (without stand)
PROVENANCE: Estates Late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose company imported luxury European goods, and (with royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra. Estimate $400-800