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A LARGE BRONZE-COATED SANDSTONE HEAD OF CROWNED BUDDHA, PHRA CHAO SONG KHRUANG (‘A LORD WEARING ORNAMENTS’), AYUTTHAYA PERIOD
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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 LARGE BRONZE-COATED SANDSTONE HEAD OF CROWNED BUDDHA, PHRA CHAO SONG KHRUANG (‘A LORD WEARING ORNAMENTS’), AYUTTHAYA PERIOD
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Exhibited: Galerie Hardt, 102. Kunst & Antiquit?ten Messe München, 26-29 October 2023.

Thailand, 16th-17th century. Finely carved from hard sandstone and coated with a thin layer of bronze, the narrow face bearing a serene expression marked by heavy-lidded eyes, gently arched brows, a broad prominent nose, and full lips forming a calm smile. The crown intricately decorated with beaded, scrolling, floral, and flame designs below the conical ushnisha.

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Extensive wear, signs of deep weathering and erosion, encrustations, obvious losses, chips and losses to bronze coating, traces of gilt and pigments, the bronze with a rich, naturally grown, dark patina with malachite encrustation. Displaying superbly.

Weight: 20.1 kg (excl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 38.8 cm (excl. stand)

With a fitted wooden stand. (2)

The image of the Buddha wearing a distinctive crown is often described with the popular Thai term Phra Chao Song Khruang (A Lord Wearing Ornaments). The standard depiction of the Buddha throughout the Buddhist world shows him without jewels or other adornment, with distended earlobes signifying the earthly wealth he renounced when he left the palace. In Southeast Asia, however, crowned images of the Buddha were popular in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and then again in the sixteenth century when adorned Buddhas proliferated. The most popular explanation for this contradiction on his common demeanor derives from the Jambupatisutta, which tells the story of the arrogant and boastful king Jambupati. The Buddha appeared before Jambupati, bedecked and bejeweled, thus humbling him. An alternate explanation is that the crowned Buddha is Maitreya, the Buddha of the future, who in this lifetime is a bodhisattva, a situation that may require that he be shown expressing both identities. Maitreya worship was widespread from the sixth century, as Buddhists commonly believe that those born during Maitreya's lifetime automatically achieve enlightenment.

During the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, Thailand's Ayutthaya kingdom became one of the most powerful forces on mainland Southeast Asia. Continuing the artistic trajectory set forth under the Sukhothai, the Theravada polity sponsored the production of Buddha images fashioned in a new distinct style. Images of Buddha in royal attire, such as the present example where he is crowned and bejeweled, became increasingly popular. Ayutthaya period faces display a curvilinear contour with the hairline extending towards the sinuous browline, accentuated by elongated ears flared at the upper and lower tips. The eyes, extending evenly across the width of the face, are three-quarters closed to endow the figure with a sense of serenity that is at once inwardly directed and also engaged with the world.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Amsterdam, 8 May 2001, lot 563
Price: NLG 19,975 or approx. EUR 15,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Thai, Ayutthaya style, bronze head of Buddha Sakyamuni, 17th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and modeling with similar crown, features, and size (34 cm). Note this is a solid-cast bronze head.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 22 March 2011, lot 251
Price: USD 56,250 or approx. EUR 72,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large sandstone head of Buddha, Thailand, Ayutthaya, 14th-15th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and manner of carving. Note the size (47.5 cm), lack of bronze coating, and earlier date.

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