Burmese Standing Mandalay Style Buddha, Based

The gold has given way here and there. The calm has not.

This standing Buddha in the Mandalay style comes from Burma and dates to the 19th century. It is gilded wood with glass inlays. The Mandalay style, named for the last royal capital of Burma, is known for flowing, pleated robes and jewel-like borders. Here the robe flares outward in heavy folds, every hem lined with small pieces of glass. Both hands hang low at its edges, and dark patches show through the gilding. On a black base, it rises 70 inches.

Nearly six feet of stillness. It occupies rather more of a room than that.