| 中文版 English

具体要求

其它要求

-
关闭
A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHIST MONK (BHIKSU), SUMATRA, SRIVIJAYA EMPIRE, 8TH-9TH CENTURY
奥地利
12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /5天2小时
拍品描述

Description

A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED BUDDHIST MONK (BHIKSU), SUMATRA, SRIVIJAYA EMPIRE, 8TH-9TH CENTURY

Palembang, Southern Sumatra. Well-cast, seated in dhyanasana on a double-lotus pedestal, with hands resting gently upon the knees, clad in voluminous monastic robes. The wrinkled face of the elderly monk conveying a meditative expression, distinguished by almond-shaped eyes, a broad nose, and full lips, with his hair neatly incised.

Provenance: La Balaustra Antichità, Arte Archeologia classica orientale e precolombiana, 1998, Bologna, Italy. Collection of Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022), acquired from the above. A copy of a stamped certificate written by Giuliana Zanetti of Antichità La Balaustra, adressed to Paolo Bertuzzi, dated 20 March 1998, dating the present lot to the 8th-9th century, accompanies this lot. Paolo Bertuzzi (1943-2022) was a fashion stylist from Bologna. He was the son of Enrichetta Bertuzzi, founder of Hettabretz, a noted Italian fashion company with customers such as the Rothschild family, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor. Paolo Bertuzzi later took over his mother’s business and designed exclusive pieces, some of which were exhibited in the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA. He was also an avid collector of antiques for more than sixty years. His collection includes both archaic and contemporary art, and he edited two important books about Asian art, Goa Made - An Archaeological Discovery, about a large-scale archaeological project carried out with the Italian and Indonesian governments, and Majapahit, Masterpieces from a Forgotten Kingdom.
Condition: Fair condition, commensurate with age, with surface wear and casting irregularities. Light warping and distinct heat damage overall, possibly issuing from a major temple fire. Few minor nicks, light surface scratches, and small dents. The bronze surface with a dark, naturally grown patina with some areas of malachite encrustations and old remnants of ritual pigments.

Weight: 676.6 g
Dimensions: Height 13.1 cm

Srivijaya was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra (in modern-day Indonesia), which influenced much of Southeast Asia and was an important center for the expansion of Buddhism from the 7th to the 12th century AD. It also was the first unified kingdom to dominate much of the Malay Archipelago. Due to its location, the powerful state over time developed more and more complex technology utilizing maritime resources. The rise of the Srivijayan Empire was therefore also parallel to the end of the Malay sea-faring period.

Palembang, generally recognized as the site of the ancient capital of Srivijaya, was described by the Tang-era Chinese monk and renowned travel writer I-ching as being inhabited by a thousand monks, like the one represented in this bronze image, who devoted themselves to the study of the sacred Buddhist texts. Their way of life and discipline, he noted, was exactly like that of the Indian monks of Madhyadesa.

As in China, Buddhist monks were often sent by the king to India not only to study Buddhist doctrine but also to acquire knowledge of sculpture and architecture, thereby contributing to a dynamic process of cultural transmission and artistic exchange that linked the wider Indonesian archipelago with the intellectual and aesthetic traditions of India. For an in-depth discussion of the stylistic and material development of the arts on the island of Sumatra during the Srivijaya period, see M. C. Subhadradis Diskul, The Art of Srivijaya, 1980, p. 10-18.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze figure of a kneeling male deity, Srivijaya Empire, Java, 9th century, 14 cm high, in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, accession number S2023.9.5. Compare a related bronze figure of Kubera, Srivijaya Empire, Java, 9th-10th century, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number IS.59-1998.

本场其它拍品

  • 竞价阶梯
  • 快递物流
  • 拍卖规则
  • 支付方式
竞价区间 加价幅度
0
10
50
50
600
100
1,600
200
4,000
500
8,000
1,000
16,000
2,000
40,000
5,000
80,000
10,000
160,000
20,000
+

委托价 (已有0次出价)

欧元

价格信息

拍品估价:500 - 1,000 欧元 起拍价格:500 欧元  买家佣金: 30.00%

拍卖公司

Galerie Zacke
地址: Sterngasse 13, 1010 Vienna, Austria
电话: 0043-1-5320452
邮编: 1070
向卖家提问