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A MAGNIFICENT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, SRIVIJAYA EMPIRE, 7TH-8TH CENTURY
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12月16日 晚上6点 开拍 /5天4小时
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A MAGNIFICENT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, SRIVIJAYA EMPIRE, 7TH-8TH CENTURY

Sumatra. Heavily cast and exquisitely modeled standing in samabhanga, his left hand raised in vitarka mudra and the right lowered in varada mudra, clad in a diaphanous sanghati draped across both shoulders, flaring downward in a gently undulating hemline that hangs from the forearm and reveals the slender outlines of the body. The gently rounded face with a serene expression, distinguished by heavy-lidded eyes below gently arched brows, centered by a raised urna, an aquiline nose, and pursed lips forming a calm smile, all flanked by elongated earlobes. The hair arranged in tight curls over the domed ushnisha. The bronze with a rich, naturally grown patina with malachite encrustations.

Provenance: Collection of Tijl de Bakker, Antwerp, Belgium. 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 8 May 1998, dating the present lot to the 7th-8th centuries and confirming the provenance above, 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: Very good condition, commensurate with age, with old wear, casting irregularities, and expected traces of weathering and corrosion. Minor nicks, cracks, and losses. The bronze with a beautiful, naturally developed patina with vibrant malachite encrustations.

Weight: 2,380 g
Dimensions: Height 30.2 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.

The iconography of this Buddha was widespread in the late first millennium AD, widely propagated in the Mon regions of peninsular Thailand [fig. 1] and prominently favored in the Sumatran territories within the Srivijaya Empire [fig. 2-3]. The aesthetic vocabulary of these bronze Buddha images was characterized by a quiet spiritual introspection and fluid grace, celebrated for their harmonious proportions, smooth modeling, and understated spiritual presence. Both the Mon-Dvaravati prototypes and Srivijayan devotional art reveal influences from South Indian imagery [fig. 4], particularly in the treatment of the robe and facial features.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 148
Price: USD 22,500 or approx. EUR 27,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze figure of Buddha, Indonesia, Srivijaya Empire, 8th century
Expert remark: Compare the related subject, modeling with similar pose, and manner of casting. Note the larger size (34.3 cm).

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