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A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA, PRE-KHMER PERIOD
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2023年12月13日 开拍
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A RARE BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA, PRE-KHMER PERIOD

Thailand or Western Cambodia, 7th-9th century. The Future Buddha standing on a flat base in a slight tribhanga. The slender body clothed only in a short sarong tied simply with a cord, his serene face with almond-shaped eyes and full lips flanked by elongated earlobes, the hair arranged in a jatamukuta with finely incised, towering locks centered by a small stupa.

Provenance: From the private collection of Darwin Freeman, collected between the 1968-1971, and thence by descent within the same family. Born 1946 in Idaho, USA, Darwin Freeman was a member of the armed forces and later became an avid collector. He met his wife in the mid-1960s, and the pair later relocated to her hometown of Innsbruck, Austria. In 1967, Freeman was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in Germany and Thailand. While he was stationed at the Embassy in Bangkok, between 1969 and 1971, he actively began engaging in the exploration and collection of ancient bronzes and other works of art. Upon completing his duty, Freeman arranged for his collection to be shipped to Austria, where it remained in storage until this day.
Condition: Good condition with some wear and casting flaws, minor losses, one arm with two small fatigue cracks, the attributes held in his hands lost. The bronze with a rich, mottled, naturally grown patina with vibrant malachite encrustations.

Weight: 1295.8 g (excl. stand) and 2839.7 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 36 cm (excl. stand) and 43.2 cm (incl. stand)

With a modern stand. (2)

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara, dated to the 8th-9th century, 38.1 cm tall, in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, accession number 54.2963. Compare a closely related bronze figure of Avaolkiteshvara, dated to the second half of the 7th-8th century, 34.9 cm tall, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.145. Compare a related four armed Maitreya, much larger in size (122.5 cm), dated to the late 8th century, in the Kimbell Art Museum, accession number AP 1965.01.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 19 September 2008, lot 291
Price: USD 92,500 or approx. EUR 123,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: Maitreya, Eastern Thailand, Buriram Province, Prakhon Chai
Expert remark: Compare the closely related casting and the similar arrangement of hair, short saronh, and pendulous earlobes. Note the size (32.4 cm). Note that this lot is now in the collection of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number S2015.24.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Lempertz Cologne, 9 December 2016, lot 633
Price: EUR 74,400 or approx. EUR 92,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A fine and rare Buriram bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara. Thailand, Khorat plateau. Early 8th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related casting and the similar arrangement of hair, short saronh, and pendulous earlobes. Note the size (53.5 cm).

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