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THAILAND, LOPBURI, 13TH CENTURY
Details
A Rare Bronze Shrine
Thailand, Lopburi, 13th Century
Very finely cast with both hands raised in abhaya mudra, standing on a separately cast stepped plinth with an openwork frieze of seated Buddhas and supported by Garudas, the separate backplate intricately cast with a stylized Bodhi tree and radiant flames forming an arch, covered with a silvery green patina overall
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high
Thailand, Lopburi, 13th Century
Very finely cast with both hands raised in abhaya mudra, standing on a separately cast stepped plinth with an openwork frieze of seated Buddhas and supported by Garudas, the separate backplate intricately cast with a stylized Bodhi tree and radiant flames forming an arch, covered with a silvery green patina overall
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Praku Knanumsommanajara Collection
Literature
S. Wattanavrangkul, Outstanding Sculptures of Bhudhist [sic] and Hindu Gods from Private Collections in Thailand, 1975, cat. no. 60.
Exhibited
Bangkok, Bhirasri Institute of Modern Art, Outstanding Sculptures of Bhudhist [sic] and Hindu Gods from Private Collections in Thailand, 1975, cat. no. 60.