THAILANDE, EPOQUE SUKHOTHAI, XIVEME-XVEME SIECLE

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TETE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BRONZE LAQUE OR
THAILANDE, EPOQUE SUKHOTHAI, XIVEME-XVEME SIECLE
Le visage est de forme ovale, les yeux mi-clos étaient à l'origine incrustés de nacre. Les paupières sont prononcées, les sourcils arqués, le nez aquilin, la bouche fine et délicate. Les lobes d'oreilles sont étirés, les cheveux et l'ushnisha bouclés, traces de laque noire.
Hauteur: 34 cm. (13 3/8 in.), socle

Provenance

Acquired by the father of the present owner from Monogram, Bangkok, 4 January 1974.

Special notice

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Further details

A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
THAILAND, SUKHOTHAI PERIOD, 14TH-15TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

This fine cast head shows the Buddha with a sublime inner tranquillity imbued with a deep spiritual feeling. It epitomizes the finest quality of Buddha images made during the Sukhothai kingdom of central Thailand during the fourteenth to fifteenth century. An ovoid face with arched eyebrows continuing in a fluent line to the nose ridge ending in a downward point characterizes this particular style. The snail-shaped hair curls and the slightly curled tips of the elongated earlobes are also typical for the Sukhothai repertoire.

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