Burmese Niche Buddha Figure

A slim, seated figure on a tall stepped pedestal, wearing a spire of a headdress.

This niche Buddha figure in painted wood is from Burma, and dates to the 19th century. A niche figure is made to sit within a recess or small shrine, and Buddha images often follow standard poses defined by hand gestures called mudras. A narrow figure with a pointed crown sits on a tall, rectangular base. Patches of dark black and warm gold-brown cover the surface, and the lower base is crusty and abraded with visible flaking. It is 1 inches wide, 1 deep and 8 high.

Stately in a stack, and very much worn in.