Collection of Six Monks with alms bowls (Sāmanera)

Carved from a single piece of lacquered, polychrome wood and enhanced with red and dark pigments, these remarkable Burmese statues from the Mandalay period embody the devotion and spiritual austerity of the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. Depicting young monks (or disciples) clad in their fitted monastic robes (sanghati) and holding the traditional alms bowl (patta) with both hands, the work is characterised by clean lines and a face bearing a gentle, serene smile imbued with introspection. The original patina reveals the delicate lacquer work and faint traces of gilding, bearing witness to the rituals of offering and lending a striking historical presence to these major works of Southeast Asian sculpture.

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