{"product_id":"monumentale-staande-birmaanse-mandalay-boeddha-19e-eeuw","title":"Monumental Burmese Mandalay Buddha in Teak and Lacquer – 19th Century, 162.5 cm – SKU 753","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA life-size Mandalay Buddha with surviving decorative finish\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 162.5 cm, this standing Burmese figure was made to command a room. The teak carving retains red-black lacquer, a pale painted face, gilded metal trim and coloured glass or mirror inlays along the robe. Those materials create the highly finished surface associated with 19th-century Mandalay devotional sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lowered right hand forms \u003cstrong\u003eVarada mudra\u003c\/strong\u003e; the left gathers the robe. The long ears, rounded ushnisha and richly bordered garment place the figure comfortably within the Mandalay visual tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e1988 export documentation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn official sealed export label dated 1988 remains attached. It should be read correctly: the label establishes a documented export event and proves the Buddha was already in the international art market by 1988; it does not itself date the carving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eObject record\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Burma \/ Myanmar\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mandalay\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e carved teak, lacquer, metal trim, coloured glass and mirror inlay\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGesture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Varada mudra\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e H 162.5 × W 69 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original round base survives; the black square display plinth is later. Age wear, lacquer loss and local losses to decorative fittings are visible and documented in the photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"1stbuddha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58347424153931,"sku":"753","price":2975.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/6170\/5547\/files\/monumentale-birmaanse-mandalay-boeddha-19e-eeuw.jpg?v=1788441013","url":"https:\/\/1stbuddha.com\/products\/monumental-burmese-mandalay-buddha-teak-lacquer-19th-century-sku-753","provider":"1stbuddha","version":"1.0","type":"link"}