A large bronze figure of Padmapani

INDONESIA, CENTRAL JAVA, 10TH CENTURY

Details

A large bronze figure of Padmapani
Indonesia, Central Java, 10th century
Seated on a lotus base with his right hand extended at his knee, wearing a long dhoti and sash tied around the torso, the face with aquiline nose and downcast eyes, the hair piled into a high chignon centered with Amitabha and secured with a band
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Provenance

Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977

Literature

P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection fo Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, 1978, cat. no. 120, p. 197.

Exhibited

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977, The Sensuous Immortals, cat. no. 120

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Lot Essay

This is an exceptionally large bronze for the period. Compare with a Central Javanese bronze figure of Tara at the Museum Nasional, Jakarta, similarly placed on a double-lotus pod base, see J. Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia, 1990, cat. no. 44, p. 192.

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