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THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA, 15TH CENTURY
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A BRONZE BUST OF BUDDHA
THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA, 15TH CENTURY
Very finely cast wearing a sanghati over the left shoulder leaving the right side exposed, with delicate rings encircling the neck rising to a serene face flanked by long lobes slightly flared at the tips, the eyes downcast beneath smoothly sloping brows meeting the ridge of the nose and echoed by the hairline, the hair arranged in snailshell curls and the ushnisha surmounted by a tall chintamani set ablaze
11 in. (28 cm.) high
THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA, 15TH CENTURY
Very finely cast wearing a sanghati over the left shoulder leaving the right side exposed, with delicate rings encircling the neck rising to a serene face flanked by long lobes slightly flared at the tips, the eyes downcast beneath smoothly sloping brows meeting the ridge of the nose and echoed by the hairline, the hair arranged in snailshell curls and the ushnisha surmounted by a tall chintamani set ablaze
11 in. (28 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, by 1984, believed to have been acquired before moving into his most recent residence in 1979
Literature
A.R. Martin, “Robert Ellsworth is the Duveen of Oriental Art,” Connoisseur, November 1984
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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Gemma Sudlow
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