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A BRONZE BUST OF THE CROWNED BUDDHA, PHRA CHAO SONG KHRUANG (‘A LORD WEARING ORNAMENTS’)
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /6天18小时
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A BRONZE BUST OF THE CROWNED BUDDHA, PHRA CHAO SONG KHRUANG (‘A LORD WEARING ORNAMENTS’)

Thailand, late Ayutthaya to early Rattanakosin period, 18th–19th century. Finely cast, the upper body decorated with meticulously worked jewelry, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose bridge, smiling lips, and elongated earlobes carrying pendeloque earrings. His head adorned with a crown terminating in a tapering finial, secured with a tiara finely cast with an intricate floral design around a central stylized flower head.

Provenance: French trade. Acquired from an estate in Paris.
Condition: Good condition with wear and casting irregularities. Obvious losses, age cracks, scattered nicks and scratches, some warping, thick encrustations, soiling, and signs of weathering. Old repairs. The bronze with a naturally grown patina and extensive malachite encrustations.

Weight: 3,100 g (excl. stand), 3,578 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 43 cm (excl. stand), 48.5 cm (incl. stand)

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.

Ayutthaya at this time had one of the most prosperous capitals in the world, with foreign powers clamoring to trade with the 'Kingdom of Siam'. The tide had turned in the Burmese-Siamese wars, when in 1594 Ayutthaya launched its first offensive invasion of Burma rather than the other way around. The early and mid-17th century also saw one of the longest intermissions between major military campaigns during the three-century war. By 1700, it is estimated that the capital had the world's largest population, at around one million. During this time, Ayutthaya furthered its vigorous cultural program, culminating in the highest concentration of Buddhist art perhaps anywhere in the world.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related bronze torso of Buddha, Ayutthaya period, dated to the 17th century, 29.5 cm high, at Farah Massart and illustrated in The Asian Art Society, Online Catalogue XXII, July 2022, no. 4 (priced at EUR 14,000).

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拍品估价:800 - 1,600 欧元 起拍价格:800 欧元  买家佣金: 30.00%

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