An andesite head of Buddha
An andesite head of Buddha

INDONESIA, CENTRAL JAVA, 9TH CENTURY

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An andesite head of Buddha
Indonesia, Central Java, 9th century
Finely carved with bow-shaped mouth and downcast eyes centered by a raised urna, flanked by pendulous pierced earlobes, the hair in snail-shell curls over the conical ushnisha
14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high
来源
Collection of Aaron Vecht, Amsterdam, circa 1950-1955
Collection of Dr. Johan Pribyl, Vienna, 1955-1989
Collection of Mrs. Muller-Mezin, Vienna, 1989-1999
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 1999
拍场告示
Please note this work is 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high.

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This remarkable head and Lot 153 closely resemble the manifold transcendental Buddhas that adorn the Buddhist monument of Borobudur in Central Java, erected under the Sailendra Dynasty in the early years of the 9th century. The porous texture of the volcanic stone expertly fashioned into serene expressions manifest a sense of sincerity and bliss characteristic of classical Javanese sculpture. The great stupa of Borobudur is a three-dimensional mandala that maps the cosmic universe in five ascending terraces. The large-scale Buddhas at its pinnacle represent the highest levels of transcendental wisdom.

For a related example, see P.Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 104, cat. no. 126.