Gilded Teak Standing Mandalay Buddha - Ca 1920 Jewellery Boxes where customers and passers-by would

where customers and passers-by would gather to eat

a motif associated with fertility

The Kathi were a ruling caste in Saurashtra and these chests would have contained a grand dowry

5 x 34 (WxH cms)

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Gilded Teak Standing Mandalay Buddha - Ca 1920 Jewellery Boxes where customers and passers-by wouldThis 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