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Lot 524
A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF THE BUDDHA PAREE
Estimated Value:
10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Thailand, Khmer/Lobpuri period, 13th c.H. 52,5 cm
Standing in samabhanga on a square plinth with both hands in the abhayamudra, each hand-palm cast with a cakra, wearing uttarasangha fastened around the hips with a girdle and the samghati draped over both shoulders, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with open, gazing eyes below ridged eyebrows, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with ear ornaments, his hairdo combed in a chignon and secured with crown, on stand.
Collection of Prof. Dr Hermann Schröder (1902-1991), Aachen, and expanded by his family
From the mid-tenth up until the thirteenth century, the Khmer empire controlled a large swathe of territory in present-day Thailand, which was strategically positioned along trade routes. Thus, the three hundred and fifty years of Khmer influence, particularly in the Dvaravati province, with its capital centered in Lopburi, largely dominated the art and architecture of the region. Both Mahayana Buddhism and Hinduism flourished at various times and alongside one another under the Khmer rulers, with associated monuments hewing close to the prevailing Khmer esthetic style, as evidenced in temples such as Buddhist Prasat Phnom Phimai and Shaivaite Prasat Phnom Rung
Another crowned Buddha from Lopburi in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 2019.451) from the same period and region in Northeastern Thailand as the present sculpture, reflects a distinguishing trend in Khmer-related art to represent the Buddha as a chakravartin, crowned and bejeweled, a feature usually reserved for representations of bodhisattvas. Both Buddhas wear similar crowns of the Angkor style, a necklace featuring a rosette at center under which fall flaming pendants, rosette armbands placed high up along the arms and dhotis pulled up high on the sides along the hips. - Partly corroded, very slightly chipped
