THAILANDE, EPOQUE AYUTTHAYA, STYLE DE KAMPAENG PHET, XVEME-XVIEME SIECLE

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RARE STATUE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BRONZE
THAILANDE, EPOQUE AYUTTHAYA, STYLE DE KAMPAENG PHET, XVEME-XVIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté en samabhanga. Sa main droite est en abhayamudra, la gauche pend le long de son corps. Il est vêtu d'un samghati et d'un uttarasangha. Son visage est empreint de sérénité. Ses cheveux bouclés et son ushnisha sont surmontés d'une flamme ; traces de laque.
Hauteur: 156 cm. (61 ½ in), socle

Provenance

Acquired by the family of the present owner, 27 October 1982 and thence by descent to the present owner.

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AN IMPORTANT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
THAILAND, AYUTTAYA PERIOD, KAMPAENG PHET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

This impressive life-size bronze statue of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni perfectly epitomises his blissful state of perfection and compassion. His face shows a serene expression with half-closed eyes, long aquiline nose, well-defined lips, elongated earlobes and small hair curls. All these facial elements are characteristic for the earlier phase of Buddhist art of the Ayutthaya period. This kingdom was founded in 1350 and remained one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia until its destruction by the Burmese in 1767 AD. Its city of Kamphaeng Phet was known for foundries that produced Buddhist bronzes of the highest and finest quality during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Based on the high technical quality, stylized facial features and small hair curls of the presented bronze Buddha it is not to be excluded that the statue originates from Kamphaeng Phet or one of the foundries in its vicinity.

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