STATUETTE DE BHAISAJYAGURU EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVREBIRMANIE, ÉPOQUE AVA, XVIIE SIÈCLE39 cm (15 3/8 in.) highProvenance: A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BHAISAJYAGURUBURMA, AVA PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY緬甸 阿瓦時期 十七世紀 藥師佛銅像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1980sThe Buddha is presented indhyanasana with his left hand resting in his lap and holding a bowl. His right hand rests on his knee with palm facing outward holding the myrobalan plant held between the thumb and index finger. Characteristic of the late Ava period in Northern Burma (17th/18th century), the tall lotus platform is deeply recessed with a smooth median band dividing the petals.pare the closely related base of an Ava Jambhupati, dated by inscription to 1628, published in Fraser-Lu & Stadtner (eds.),Buddhist Art of Myanmar, 2015, p. 156, no. 35.The representation of the Bhasajyaguru, the 'Medicine Buddha', in Burmese sculpture is rare. However, a related example, attributed 14th-15th century, with similar dress and facial features is published in Proser,Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, 2010, p. 41.