Buddha Head, Northern Thailand, Fang School

Buddha head, northern Thailand, Fang School, XVI-XVII centuries.
Bronze.
Intense green patina.
Good state of preservation.
Measurements: 27 x 19 x 18 cm; 42 cm with stand.

Head of Buddha in bronze, belonging to the Fang school of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It presents fine details and a remarkable execution. As for the iconography, we identify numerous lakshana, symbols that identify the Buddhas and bodhisattvas. The first we see is the bun hairstyle, symbol of meditation, of spiritual life. Together with the half-closed eyes, whose profile is inspired by a lotus flower, a serene face is completed by the sketched smile, symbol of the balance and serenity of a perfect being. The elongated earlobes allude to the large earrings worn by members of the upper classes in India at the time of Sakyamuni, and represent the concepts of greatness, nobility and wisdom.