Featured Information on Buddha Statue?

Can anyone tell me anything about this statue?
Especially, how old it is, what it's made of (look at the different colors in photo of botyom/inside it)and who the deity is (and are those pine cones? corn? around it's gead?)
I did a google ai image search asking what it was & what it was made of - and got Buddha & Jambaha + wood or bronze - so obviously human knowledge is still king!
PS - it measures 7' tall x 4.5" wide
Thank you & Happy Valentines Day everyone!

 

Nice find, journey. He is a bronze Buddha from Burma/Myanmar. I don't see any wood. He was made in the early-mid 19th century imo.

This position is called Bhumisparsha mudra, which means he is calling upon the earth to testify that he is enlightened. That is why his fingers are touching the ground.

 

Wow-- a 200-year old bronze from SE Asia??? Super nice find Journey!!

 

Thank you!

 

Thanks - I wasn't sure if bronze or brass but the colors where heated made me hope!

 

Asian bronze is not the same alloy as our bronze. To many metals experts in the West this would probably be closer to brass, but in Asian antiques terms it is bronze.

 

Thank you again - Big help!

 

What are the pieces standing up on his head/crown?

 

Those are part of his crown. Looks like your crown is missing its top.

To give you an idea of the pieces, this is an 18th century inlaid lacquerware Buddha from Myanmar:


https://www.originalbuddhas.com/cat...ge-burmese-shan-buddha-statue-from-burma-3686

 

Ha ha! I thought they were flames!

 

I thought ears of corn or pinecones!

 

4/10/25- Maybe they're flaming ears of pine corn !?
PS-Sorry to be late to the party on this Posting-don't get confused anyone,NO-you haven't been in a coma for 2 months !

 

Always welcome to orate on my questions, bosoko69!!

 

PS - check out the 1965 California chalkware(?) Sea God's I found & posted about yesterday!

 

Will do Journey.Hey, how about that info AJ posted about Asian Bronze-"Asian bronze is not the same alloy as our bronze. To many metals experts in the West this would probably be closer to brass, but in Asian antiques terms it is bronze."