11th Apr, 2024 11:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism
169
A BRONZE TRIAD WITH LOKESHVARA, ANGKOR PERIOD
Sold for €5,850
including Buyer's Premium
Khmer empire, 12th-13th century. Each deity standing in samapada on a square base raised on a stepped plinth, the central Lokeshvara holding in his four hands a lotus bud, water vessel, scroll, and rosary, dressed in a short sampot with a striated belt with pendants, richly adorned with beaded jewelry, his face with almond-shaped eyes below thick brows centered by his third eye, his full lips forming a calm smile, framed by elongated lobes with pendent earrings. (4)
Provenance: From the collection of René Ronveaux (d. 1991), Belgium, probably acquired during the 1980s in the Luxembourg or Belgian trade, and thence by descent to Robert Ronveaux (b. 1955). A copy of a provenance statement, written and signed by Robert Ronveaux, dated 11 September 2023, confirming the above, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, tiny nicks, few minor losses and dents, encrustations, signs of weathering and erosion, all as expected. The figures and base each with a fine, smooth, naturally grown patina, the figures with encrustations of cuprite and malachite, the base with more extensive encrustations of malachite and azurite.
Weight: 1,850 g
Dimensions: Height 22.5 cm, Length 17.5 cm
Lokeshvara is flanked by a male and a female deity, each two-armed and similarly dressed, the latter wearing a long, floral-incised sampot with a fishtail fold at the front. The two gods have cylindrical topknots centered by snakes, while the goddess has a conical chignon.
Expert’s note: The stepped plinth matches the three figures forming this triad. The three oblong holes pierced at the top, for the mounting of the figures, appear to have been added or at least refined at a later time, possibly still within the Angkor period, as evidenced by a distinct natural patina with extensive encrustations of malachite and azurite.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related Khmer bronze triad of Shiva, Lakshmi, and Vishnu, 22.5 x 15.5 cm, dated to the 12th-13th century, in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, accession number 54.2715.
Khmer empire, 12th-13th century. Each deity standing in samapada on a square base raised on a stepped plinth, the central Lokeshvara holding in his four hands a lotus bud, water vessel, scroll, and rosary, dressed in a short sampot with a striated belt with pendants, richly adorned with beaded jewelry, his face with almond-shaped eyes below thick brows centered by his third eye, his full lips forming a calm smile, framed by elongated lobes with pendent earrings. (4)
Provenance: From the collection of René Ronveaux (d. 1991), Belgium, probably acquired during the 1980s in the Luxembourg or Belgian trade, and thence by descent to Robert Ronveaux (b. 1955). A copy of a provenance statement, written and signed by Robert Ronveaux, dated 11 September 2023, confirming the above, accompanies this lot.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, tiny nicks, few minor losses and dents, encrustations, signs of weathering and erosion, all as expected. The figures and base each with a fine, smooth, naturally grown patina, the figures with encrustations of cuprite and malachite, the base with more extensive encrustations of malachite and azurite.
Weight: 1,850 g
Dimensions: Height 22.5 cm, Length 17.5 cm
Lokeshvara is flanked by a male and a female deity, each two-armed and similarly dressed, the latter wearing a long, floral-incised sampot with a fishtail fold at the front. The two gods have cylindrical topknots centered by snakes, while the goddess has a conical chignon.
Expert’s note: The stepped plinth matches the three figures forming this triad. The three oblong holes pierced at the top, for the mounting of the figures, appear to have been added or at least refined at a later time, possibly still within the Angkor period, as evidenced by a distinct natural patina with extensive encrustations of malachite and azurite.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related Khmer bronze triad of Shiva, Lakshmi, and Vishnu, 22.5 x 15.5 cm, dated to the 12th-13th century, in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, accession number 54.2715.
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