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A LARGE COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA, SRI LANKA, KANDYAN DYNASTY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A LARGE COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA, SRI LANKA, KANDYAN DYNASTYExpert's note: The present figure is remarkable for the Buddha's piercing eyes with large, distinctive pupils. Since at least the first millennium AD, the creation of a Buddha image in Sri Lanka culminates with a consecration ceremony known as netra pinkama, or 'the meritorious action of establishing the eyes'. This could be achieved by carving, painting, inlaying, or insetting the eyes. A netra pinkama ceremony would also be repeated periodically to clean and reset the eyes, and in the Kandyan period it was performed every time a temple was established or refurbished (see John Listobad, Guardian of the Flame: Art of Sri Lanka, Phoenix Art Museum, 2003, p. 46-47). In most cases, the eyes have small pupils indented for this purpose, and no other figure of this kind displays pupils of such remarkable size or striking presence.18th century. Heavily cast, seated in ardha padmasana on a triangular waisted base with richly incised lotus petals, his hands lowered in dhyana mudra and decorated with a flower. Clad in a tight-fitting, finely pleated robe draped over his left torso. His face bares a calm, meditative expression, with almond-shaped eyes, neatly incised spiral urna and arched brows, and full lips forming a benevolent smile above the prominent chin flanked by elongated earlobes. The hair arranged in tight curls over the ushnisha surmounted by a tall flaming ketumala. The back of the base with two lugs for attachment within a shrine.Provenance: An Egyptian private collector, acquired in London in the mid-20th century. A private collection in Montreal, Canada, acquired from the above in 2023.Condition: Good condition with expected wear and casting flaws, small nicks and light surface scratches, a minor loss to the right leg, light warping and a small loss to the base, the bronze with a fine, naturally grown, smooth patina with areas of malachite and cuprite encrustation.Weight: 8,132 gDimensions: Height 29.3 cmAfter three hundred years of internecine civil conflict and successive waves of European imperialists, the Kingdom of Kandy emerged as the pre-eminent Sinhalese political authority. Under its stability and the avid patronage of its kings, Sri Lanka witnessed a Buddhist revival with an unprecedented amount of building and restoring of monastic institutions. Bronze Buddha images proliferated, most of them either gilded or non-gilded depicting the sage in a standing pose. Fewer portrayed the Buddha seated, like the present example. Sri Lankan Buddha figures are noted for remarkable stylistic conservativism, having followed a consistent canon of proportions from their earliest origins. The Kandyan period, however, saw considerable variation in the rendering of the robe, marked by precise linear and wave patterns worked into the folds.Two predominant forces inform the distinctive style of Kandyan Buddhist art. One is the continuance of Sinhalese tradition in depicting Buddha with a broad body type wrapped in a pleated robe, set by colossal statues of the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa periods. The other is a South Indian tradition of expressing dynastic identity through artistic patronage of religious objects, pursued with enthusiasm by the Nayak princes, who were invited to assume Kandy's throne after its last Sinhalese king died without an heir in 1739. Such fusion is exemplified by the present sculpture, whose massive shoulders and air of empyrean authority evoke tradition, while the mesmerizing crinkles of the garment, abstracted physiognomy, and enlarged flame finial summon Kandyan panache.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related bronze figure of Buddha, 17.1 cm high, dated to the 18th century, in the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1984.1304. Compare a closely related bronze figure of Buddha, 19 cm high, dated 18th-19th century, in the British Museum, registration number 1898,0702.27.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 November 2022, lot 1047 Price: HKD 355,800 or approx. EUR 42,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A silvered copper alloy figure of seated Buddha, Sri Lanka, Kandyan Period, 18th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of casting, and subject, with similar garment and flame finial. Note the related size (26.5 cm), missing base, and silvering.

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