Cast with serene expression, downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, tightly curled hair raising to the ushnisha surmounted by a lotus bud. Height 28,5 cm. Height with wooden stand 41 cm.
Wear, tarnish.
From the collection of a Swedish businessman and Collector of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art who passed away in the 1990’s. Thence by descent. Lots from this collection previously sold in these rooms at auction 593.
Lanna or Lannathai is the given name of a prosperous self ruling kingdom, once the power base of the whole of Northern Thailand as well as parts of present day Burma (Myanmar) & Laos.