The shapely, graceful head of Sakyamuni Buddha, has firmly modeled features and a subtle smile. It symbolizes the divine wisdom, conveys a message of perpetual bliss and timeless equilibrium amidst chaos. The Buddha's body was covered with thirty-two distinctive features that indicated divine status. Some that we can see here are: the protuberance on the skull called the ushnisha; the hair is blue, like the tail of the peacock and it is arranged in short curls and each curl goes off from left to right, symbolizing wisdom; the brow is broad and smooth; between the brows is a tuft of hair (urna).
There is compassion on the face as the half-closed eyes look inwards, meditating. The earlobes are elongated, reaching the neck. What is prominent is the captivating smile of compassion and beatitude on the Buddha's face. Lacking rotundity, this image is reminiscent of the Mathura style, now cast in brass.
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