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A FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, INDONESIA, JAVA, 9TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, INDONESIA, JAVA, 9TH CENTURYFinely cast seated in ardha padmasana, the primary right hand held in karana mudra and the left lowered in varada mudra, the secondary hands raised and clasped around his attributes including a bell, sutra scroll, lotus, and small jewel. Richly adorned with floral and foliate jewelry, the deity is dressed in a short dhoti with a scarf gently draped across his shoulders.The face with a serene expression, marked by heavy-lidded eyes with recessed pupils, thickly incised arched brows centered by a raised circular urna, and full lips forming a benevolent smile.The hair piled into a tall chignon centered by a diminutive figure of Buddha Amitabha behind the foliate tiara, all backed by a large flaming nimbus and sheltered by a towering parasol.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, commensurate with age. Wear, casting irregularities, signs of weathering and corrosion, soil encrustations, few small nicks and dents, and small losses, all as expected. The bronze is covered in a rich, naturally grown patina with extensive malachite encrustations.Weight: 2,125 g (excl. base), 3,456 g (incl. base) Dimensions: Height of the figure alone (excl. tang) 24.5 cm; height of the bronze 27.5 cm (excl. base), 29.7 cm (incl. base)A thickly cast tang projects from the flat underside, inserted in a fitted hardwood base. (2)Multi-armed deities like the present lot indicate the popularity of esoteric Buddhism in Indonesia from the 9th century onward. These deities were favored in both Java and Sumatra, reflecting an intense interest in Vajrayana Buddhism during this period, fostered by regular contacts with monastic Buddhism in eastern India.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bronze figure of a seated bodhisattva with similar flaming aureole issuing a rising bar for a now-missing parasol, in the collection of the Surakarta Keraton in Solo, Central Java. Compare a closely related Indonesian bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara as Mahakarunika, dated late 8th-early 9th century, 11.4 cm high, in the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, object number 56-76.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 25 March 2004, lot 152Price: USD 28,680 or approx. EUR 42,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: An important bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, Indonesia, Central Java, 9th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of casting, and subject with similar flames around the nimbus, jewelry and scarf, multi-armed form, and rich green patina. Note the size (20.2 cm).

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