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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, INDONESIA, SRIVIJAYA PERIOD, 8TH-10TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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Scientific Analysis Report: A physical-chemical study of the present lot has been performed by Adamantio srl, an Academic Spin-Off of the University of Turin, based on two samples taken on 6 September 2022, using electron microscope images and SEM scanning coupled with EDSa microprobe analyses, with the result consistent with the dating above. A copy of the detailed technical report, dated 20 October 2022, no. 54/2022, accompanies this lot.Expert's note: For a highly detailed commentary, elaborating on the historical context and showing further comparisons, please request a PDF copy of the academic dossier for this lot from our customer support department.Seated in lalitasana on a double-lotus base over a raised tiered plinth, the right hand lowered and the left raised in karana mudra, clutching the hem of his diaphanous uttarasanga, which covers the left shoulder and crosses the chest diagonally, but leaves the right shoulder and right arm bare. The face with a benign expression, heavy-lidded downcast eyes under arched brows centered by an urna, a slender nose, and thick lips forming a gentle smile, flanked by ears with pendulous lobes. The hair arranged in large snail-shell curls over the domed ushnisha, backed by a pierced foliate mandorla with a flame border. Provenance: From an important private collection in London, United Kingdom.Condition: Very good condition with expected wear, casting irregularities, traces of weathering, encrustations, minor areas of corrosion, scattered minute nicks and light surface scratches, few small fissures.Weight: 5,290 g (excl. stand), 8,641 g (incl. stand)Dimensions: Height 28.5 cm (excl. stand), 30.5 cm (incl. stand)With an associated fitted metal stand. (2)The lithe, elegant figure with slender proportions and long limbs is typical of Srivijaya images of the 9th century. Of particular interest in this instance, however, is the elaborate aureole surrounding the Buddha, the design of which mirrors stylistic developments that occurred in eastern India in the first half of the 9th century. This was a time when relations between the monasteries in Srivijaya and Bihar were especially close and so this figure provides evidence of an association that directed the progress and development of Tantric Buddhism more widely at that time. See a related bronze figure of Buddha in dharmachakra mudra, Pala period, c. 9th-10th century, 23.8 cm high, in the Indian Museum, Kolkata.When observing early Indonesian bronze sculptures, the influence of eastern India is immediately apparent (see literature comparisons). Buddhism was well established in Southeast Asia before the 5th century; a Kashmiri missionary named Gunarvarman travelled to Sri Lanka and then China via Indonesia in the early 5th century and in the opposite direction, the Chinese monk, Faxian visited Java in 414 on his way to India. From the late 7th century, esoteric Buddhism existed in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and western Java.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related bronze figure of Vasudhara, dated 8th-early 9th century, 12 cm high, in the Musée Guimet, accession number MG 3628, illustrated by Mathilde Mechling, in The Indonesian Bronze-Casting Tradition. Technical Investigations on Thirty-Nine Indonesian Bronze Statues (7th-11th c.) from the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques—Guimet, Paris, p. 121, fig. 5. Compare a related Pala bronze figure of Vajrapani, Bangladesh, dated late 9th-10th century, 16 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1987.142.214.Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2002, lot 14Price: USD 226,000 or approx. EUR 353,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: An important bronze figure of the Medicine Buddha, Baishajyaguru, Central Java, 8th-9th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related modeling and manner of casting with similar pedestal, aureole, and size (31 cm). This Central Javanese figure shows a similar Pala influence as the present lot.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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