Lot Essay
This figure's wide shoulders and even wider lap create a pryamidal composition that is considered universally pleasing throughout art, and imparts an overall sense of solidity and strength to the sculpture.
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THAILAND, SUKKHOTHAI PERIOD, 14TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze figure of Buddha
Thailand, Sukkhothai period, 14th century
Cast with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, his gentle face in a meditative expression with full lips, dimpled chin, and heavy-lidded eyes beneath arched brows, flanked by elongated earlobes, his hair rising over the ushnisha and topped by a flaming chintamani, a rich green patina with remains of gilding overall
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
Thailand, Sukkhothai period, 14th century
Cast with his right hand in bhumisparshamudra, his gentle face in a meditative expression with full lips, dimpled chin, and heavy-lidded eyes beneath arched brows, flanked by elongated earlobes, his hair rising over the ushnisha and topped by a flaming chintamani, a rich green patina with remains of gilding overall
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1996
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 121 and 305, cat. no. 149
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1996
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