Gilded Teak Standing Mandalay Buddha - Ca 1920 Jewellery Boxes featuring stylised leaves painted against

featuring stylised leaves painted against a warm terracotta-orange ground

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This charming 19th-century stone lamp niche from Jaisalmer is hand carved from the region’s distinctive golden sandstone

5 x 34 (WxH cms)

Recovered from a property that has since fallen into disrepair

Gilded Teak Standing Mandalay Buddha - Ca 1920 Jewellery Boxes featuring stylised leaves painted againstThis unusual gilded teak standing Mandalay Buddha is from Burma and was crafted during the Mandalay period (1853 1948), more specifically circa 1920's. It has clear Tai Yai influences, specifically the painted eyes and uncommon atire which are uncommon for Mandalay Buddhas. Buddha can be seen with a youthful expression wearing traditional Burmese attire with inlaid coloured glass decoration, unlike earlier pieces, his eyes are painted, not glass. He