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A LARGE PRE-ANGKOR SANDSTONE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, ANGKOR BOREI, 6TH-9TH CENTURY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A LARGE PRE-ANGKOR SANDSTONE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, ANGKOR BOREI, 6TH-9TH CENTURY

Scientific Analysis Report: A Scanning Electron Microscopy analysis report issued by CIRAM Science for Art Cultural Heritage on 12 February 2019, based on stone samples and surface impressions, finds that the sandstone exhibits signs of wear and alteration that have occurred since the carving, consistent with the dating above. A copy of this analysis report accompanies this lot.

Seated in ardhapadmasana on a double-lotus base, the hands held in dhyanamudra, wearing a diaphanous monastic robe draped over his left shoulder, the face of the deity with downcast eyes, gently arched brows, and full lips forming a gentle smile, flanked by ears with pendulous lobes, the hair arranged in tight snail-shell curls over the domed ushnisha.

Provenance: Gallery Stefaan Grusenmeyer, Brussels, by 1990. Collection of Robert Courtoy (1924-2023), Brussels, acquired from the above and thence by descent. Stefaan Grusenmeyer was a Belgian art dealer initially based in Ghent. In 1983, he opened a gallery in Brussels, which his son Karim took over in 2000. Today, the gallery specializes in sculpture, archaeology, jewelry, and decorative arts from Southeast Asia, China, and India.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, obvious losses, natural imperfections including structural cracks and fissures, signs of weathering and erosion, chips, nicks, and encrustations.

Weight: ca. 80 kg (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 88 cm (excl. stand) and 90 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on an associated stand. (2)

Angkor Borei was an important early center of Buddhism and Buddhist temple construction before the establishment of the Khmer Empire. The present figure is characteristic of Angkor Borei sculpture, as seen in the subtle protuberance of the ushnisha and the large snail-shell curls. Sculpture from this early period exhibits the naturalism and grace that echoes the treatment of the body in Gupta-period India, where ornamentation is minimized to emphasize the smooth volume of the form. Note how the thin drapery closely follows the body, gently modeling the belly.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related sandstone figure of Buddha, Pre-Angkor period, Angkor Borei style, exhibited by the Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Buddha 108 Encounters, 26 February-7 June 2015.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2021, lot 151
Price: USD 338,500 or approx. EUR 385,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A sandstone figure of Buddha Shakyamuni, Angkor Borei, 9th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and modeling. Note the similar size (82.6 cm).

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