Lot 1070
1070
A Bronze Figure of Buddha
This lot is offered without reserve.
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA

KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, 13TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, 13TH CENTURY
Seated on a waisted base worked in relief with lotus petel friezes and a band of flowerheads, his right hand lowered in Bhumisparsa mudra, wearing a tightly fitted sanghati draped across his left shoulder, his face with clearly delineated incised features and broad smiling mouth, richly encrusted with a green patina
6 ½ in. (16 ½ cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Christian Humann, New York, before 1971
Pan-Asian Collection, by 1977
Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in May 1982
Literature
P. Pal, The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection, 1977, pp. 252-253, fig. 155
P. Pal, Light of Asia, 1984, p. 234, cat. no. 117
Exhibited
The Sensuous Immortals: A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection
25 October 1977 – 15 January 1978, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
9 March – 23 April 1978, Seattle Art Museum
26 May – 30 July 1978, Denver Art Museum
15 September – 29 October 1978, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City

Light of Asia
4 March – 20 May 1984, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
30 June – 26 August 1984, The Art Institute of Chicago
1 November 1984 – 10 February 1985, The Brooklyn Museum
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This bronze shows the more restrained and simplified treatment of the robes by the Bayon period in favor of an emphasis on the head and its spiritual expression, highlighted by the 'smile of Bayon'. This is an unusual characterization in bronze as opposed to stone.

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