Antique wooden Buddha statue

Dear,
My name is Luciana, I'm an appraiser for Mearto and it is a pleasure for me to be able to help you.

It's a Budha of Birma, early 20th Century or later 19th Century.
In Asian art, the aim of art was never to imitate nature or to re-create reality through illusionistic devices. Rather, the goal was to produce an idealized form. Sculptors did not model their images on living beings: whether the subject was a god or a mortal, the artist strove to convey a stylized ideal.
Various hand gestures, known as mudras, are used to express the mood and meaning of divine images, whether Hindu, Jain, or Buddhist. When the left hand joins the right to create a two-handed gesture of preaching that is intended to recall the first sermon (dharmachakra). The deities may be presented in a variety of seated postures (asanas) as well. Meditating gods—the Buddha, the jinas, Shiva—often sit in a special cross-legged lotus posture (padmasana).

The valuation is based on prices in the Asian art market at auction houses and antique shops around the world, we consult several databases.

We apologize for the delay in the appraisal.

Website Consulted
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gods/hd_gods.htm
https://www.1stdibs.co.uk/
m.pantip.com