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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA WITHIN A FLAMING AUREOLE, CENTRAL JAVA, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Indonesia. Finely cast standing in samabhanga atop a waisted double-lotus pedestal raised on a tiered rectangular base, the right hand held in vitarka mudra and left in karana mudra, clutching the hem of his diaphanous sanghati that drapes across both shoulders, flaring downward in a gently undulating hemline, revealing the slender outlines of the body. The gently rounded face with a serene expression, heavy-lidded eyes below arched brows centered by a raised urna, above a broad nose and pursed lips forming a calm smile, the hair arranged in tight curls over the gently domed ushnisha, all framed by a tall and intricately cast flaming aureole.Provenance: Alexander Goetz, Bali, Indonesia. Alexander Goetz is a noted German art expert and collector who specializes in Indonesian works of art. As a young man, he built and sailed wooden boats around the world, and eventually arrived in Bali in 1971. Within a year, he became involved in the local art scene and in 1975, he was sponsored by the Indonesian Institute of Science to do research on contemporary art in Bali. In 1990, Goetz and his family moved to London where he opened the eponymous gallery specializing in Southeast Asian art, with Indonesia as the main focus. Since 2015, Alexander Goetz has run Gallery 101, a dedicated art space in Kabupaten Badung, Bali.Condition: Very good condition with expected old wear, casting irregularities, minuscule losses, signs of burial and traces of weathering, encrustations, the back of the aureole with few small fatigue cracks. The bronze with a naturally grown, vibrant patina with extensive malachite encrustations.Weight: 1,821 g (excl. stand), 3,011 g (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 30.8 cm (excl. stand), 34.5 cm (incl. stand)With an associated hardwood stand. (2)Buddhist art produced in Indonesia during the 8th and 9th centuries under the patronage of the Shailendra dynasty displays a unique amalgam of regional artistic styles borrowed from the Indian subcontinent. The flowing contours of the body subtly delineated beneath the diaphanous garment are reminiscent of the Gupta style of northern India while the sloping shoulders and oval face with full cheeks recall the Sri Lankan Buddha images produced in Anuradhapura during the 7th and 8th centuries.In Buddhist art, the nimbus is often imagined as consisting not just of light, but also of real flames. While this type seems to first appear in Chinese bronzes of which the earliest surviving examples date from before 450, it became something of a hallmark for the most important Chola bronzes, such as Shiva Nataraja, an image which emerged around 800 AD in Southern India, at the height of the Chola Empire. In the present statue, the arrangement of the numerous flames around the aureole is more formal than seen in most comparable examples.Literature comparison: Compare a related Indonesian bronze figure of Padmapani Lokeshvara, 31.1 cm high, dated c. second half of the 9th-first half of the 10th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1994.528. Compare a related Indonesian silver figure of Buddha, 27.8 cm high, dated 8th-9th century, said to have been found at Sambas, West Borneo, in the British Museum, registration number 1956,0725.8.a. Compare a related Central Javanese bronze aureole, 20.6 cm high, dated to the 9th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1982.460.1.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Zacke, Vienna, 11 October 2023, lot 211 Price: EUR 28,600 or approx. EUR 30,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : An important bronze statue of Buddha within a flaming aureole, Indonesia, Central Java, 8th-9th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of casting, and subject. Note the similar size (28.2 cm) and differently shaped aureole, albeit with closely related flames.

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