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国内拍卖首页 > Galerie Zacke > 亚洲艺术集珍 - 第一天 > Lot 0194
A BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA, PRE-ANGKOR, EARLY 8TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FROM THE 'PRAKHON CHAI HOARD'
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Published: René van Dijk, Serenity. Typology of South East Asian Buddha Art Styles, Asian Art Collection, 2022, p. 213-214.Northeastern Thailand, Buriram province. Finely cast, standing with a slight lean forward, the radiating four hands clasped into a loose fist, dressed in a short sampot, secured by a narrow belt, the face with a serene expression marked by delicately outlined features such as the almond-shaped eyes and full lips forming a gentle smile, the brow and mustache minutely incised, the exquisitely modeled hair combed into a tall jatamakuta with tiers of looped curls piled elegantly and centered to the front with a diminutive stupa.Provenance: Collection of René van Dijk, Delft, Netherlands, acquired in the Bangkok trade, Thailand. René van Dijk is a Dutch tax advisor who over four decades has built an impressive collection of Asian art and antiques. He has published several books on his collection, focusing on the typology of different art forms, including Southeast Asian Buddhist sculpture, Khmer art, Chinese mingqi, Burmese opium weights, and Amlash animal vessels. In addition, he has written extensively about what he calls “lost forms of money”—that is, objects that essentially functioned as money in past societies but which were not conventional coinage.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, casting irregularities, signs of prolonged burial, encrustations, areas of corrosion, signs of weathering and material fatigue. Old repairs to the legs. The bronze displays a rich, naturally grown patina with thick malachite encrustations. Weight: 4.5 kg (incl. stand) Dimensions: Height 45 cm (excl. stand), 56 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on an associated stand. (2)This figure of Maitreya is made in the style of Prakhon Chai, a region which flourished during the 7th through 9th centuries in northeastern Thailand. Situated along trade routes crossing from India, through Burma and Thailand, towards Cambodia and beyond, Prakhon Chai was a place of confluence, affluence, and the reception and transmission of great spiritual and artistic knowledge. The style displays a fusion of these international intersections in a uniquely local expression that would appear only in this particular place and only for a limited time. As a center of Buddhist practice, primarily Mahayana Buddhism, the Prakhon Chai region produced figures of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas that are depicted as ascetics; the figures are clad in the traditional Khmer and Thai sampot secured with a simple cord, and are otherwise unadorned, a departure from other Khmer styles in which bodhisattvas wear jewelry. As unifying stylistic features, the bodies of Prakhon Chai figures are strikingly slender and graceful, and the fingers of the four hands curl inwards towards the palm, as if the Buddha were delicately plucking flowers. The elaborate looping coiffure in the present example is also distinctive to the region, contrasting with the wild jatamukutas of Shaiva ascetics as they are depicted in India. Here the hair is centered by a stupa, the figure's sole mark of identification as Maitreya.The so-called “Prakhon Chai Hoard” was accidentally discovered by local villagers in 1964 at Prasat Hin Khao Plai Bat II, a tenth-century Khmer brick temple in Buriram Province. Concealed in a stone-covered pit within the temple precinct, the bronzes were likely buried during the site's rededication for Brahmanical use. Some bear traces of cloth wrappings, evidence of careful ritual deposition. Initially misattributed to Prakhon Chai district, the cache in fact originated from nearby Lahan Sai, though the name has endured. Numbering at least fifty-three known examples and perhaps two to three hundred in total, it is possibly the largest and most important cache of Buddhist bronzes ever discovered in mainland Southeast Asia. These sculptures embody a fusion of Mon-Dvaravati, Khmer, and pre-Angkorian traditions, yet reveal a strikingly local vision. Their slender bodies, serene faces, and restrained drapery convey a spiritual clarity unique to this region. Distinctive features, such as the carefully plaited coiffure of Maitreya figures, distinguish them from their Indian prototypes and mark them as products of the Korat Plateau. The predominance of Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya over images of the Buddha reflects the strength of Mahayana devotion during this period of Southeast Asian history. The hoard was first systematically studied by Jean Boisselier in 1967, who emphasized both the stylistic unity of the bronzes and their pivotal role in understanding the development of art in the Korat Plateau. His chronology has since been refined through comparisons with sculptures from Ban Thahnot, Ban Fai, and pre-Angkorian Khmer monuments of the eighth century. Their high tin content, which gives the metal a luminous silvery sheen, only enhances their elegance. Today the Prakhon Chai bronzes remain essential witnesses to the religious and artistic ferment of early Southeast Asia, among the most evocative and enduring Buddhist images ever produced.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bronze figure of Maitreya from the “Prakhon Chai Hoard”, dated to the early 8th century, 96.5 cm high, in the Asia Society, New York, accession number 1979.63, and included in the seminal exhibition Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century, New York, 14 April-27 July 2014, cat. no. 139.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's New York, 19 September 2008, lot 291Price: USD 92,500 or approx. EUR 116,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: Maitreya Copper alloy with high tin content and silver inlay Eastern Thailand, Buriram Province, Prakhon ChaiExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar short sarong, hairstyle, and pendulous earlobes. Note the size (32.4 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Lempertz Cologne, 9 December 2016, lot 633 Price: EUR 74,400 or approx. EUR 96,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A fine and rare Buriram bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara. Thailand, Khorat plateau. Early 8th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar short sarong and pendulous earlobes. Note the size (53.5 cm).

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