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A RARE SANDSTONE FIGURE OF BUDDHA MUCHALINDA, LOPBURI STYLE, 13TH CENTURY
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09月10日 下午5点 开拍 / 09月08日 下午3点 截止委托
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A RARE SANDSTONE FIGURE OF BUDDHA MUCHALINDA, LOPBURI STYLE, 13TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Thailand. Powerfully sculpted, seated in dhyanasana on the scaled coils of Muchalinda, his hands lowered in dhyanamudra, richly adorned with jewelry. The face with downcast eyes in a benevolent expression, flanked by elongated earlobes with pendant earrings. The hair arranged in curly rows over thedomed ushnisha and surmounted by a knop-form finial, backed by a seven-headed naga hood which is painted in red and black with traces of gilding.

Provenance: The Kienzle Family Collection, Stuttgart, Germany. Acquired between 1950 and 1985 by siblings Else (1912-2006), Reinhold (1917-2008), and Dr. Horst Kienzle (1924-2019), during their extensive travels in Asia. Subsequently inherited by Dr. Horst Kienzle and bequeathed to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, Germany. Released through museum deaccession in 2024. The Kienzle siblings were avid travelers and passionate collectors of Asian and Islamic art. During their travels, the Kienzle’s sought out and explored temples, monasteries, and markets, always trying to find the best pieces wherever they went, investing large sums of money and forging lasting relationships to ensure they could acquire them. Their fervor and success in this pursuit is not only demonstrated by their collection but further recorded in correspondences between Horst Kienzle and several noted dignitaries, businesses and individuals in Nepal and Ladakh. Their collection had gained renown by the 1970s, but the Kienzle’s stopped acquiring new pieces around 1985. Almost thirty years later, the collection was moved to the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Radevormwald, opened by Peter Hardt in 2014. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter Hardt and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, obvious losses, cracks, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, scattered nicks and scratches, small chips. Flaking and losses to pigment and gilt. A section of the right arm with old repairs and touchups.

Dimensions: Height 91 cm (excl. stand), 104 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on an associated base. (2)

The concept of this particular iconographic subject goes back to a specific event in the life of Buddha Shakyamuni in the sixth week after his Enlightenment at Bodhgaya in northern India. One day, when he was meditating, a thunderstorm broke out and the serpent king, named Muchalinda, emerged from its subterranean abode, extending its large hood over the meditating Buddha in order to protect him during his meditation.

The ancient city of Lopburihas a history dating back to the Dvaravati period more than 1000 years ago. According to the Northern Chronicles, the Lavo Kingdom was founded by Phraya Kalavarnadishraj, who came from Takkasila in 648 AD. The city was incorporated into the administration structure of the Khmer Empire during the reign of Suryavarman I (1006-1050). According to a legend in the Northern Chronicles, in 903, a king of Tambralinga invaded and took Lavo and installed a Malay prince to the Lavo throne. The Malay prince was married to a Khmer princess who had fled an Angkorian dynastic bloodbath. The son of the couple contested for the Khmer throne and became Suryavarman I, thus bringing Lavo under Khmer domination through personal union. Suryavarman I also expanded into Isan, constructing many temples.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related Lopburi style Buddha Muchalinda in the King Narai National Museum, Thailand.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 24 March 2004, lot 48
Estimate: USD 40,000 or approx. EUR 60,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: Buddha sheltered by Muchalinda, red sandstone, Central Thailand, Lopburi region
Expert remark: Note the size (99.1 cm).

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拍品估价:7,000 - 14,000 欧元 起拍价格:3,600 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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