11th Apr, 2024 11:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism
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A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA, RATTANAKOSIN KINGDOM
Sold for €2,080
including Buyer's Premium
Thailand, 19th century. Heavily cast, seated on a pedestal throne in dhyanasana, his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and the left resting in his lap, wearing a close-fitting sanghati. His serene face with heavy-lidded eyes below gently arched brows and full lips forming a calm smile, flanked by long pendulous earlobes, his hair arranged in tight curls. The bronze covered in black lacquer beneath a thick layer of gilding and the base highlighted in red lacquer.
Provenance: French trade.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, minor flaking, minuscule nicks, rubbing to the gilt, and the siraspata lost.
Weight: 17.8 kg
Dimensions: Height 42.4 cm
Expert’s note: At first glance, this figure appears to depict the Buddha Gautama seated in bhumisparsha mudra, signaling his enlightenment by touching the earth. However, the gesture of this figure's left hand and the figure's lack of a flame radiance or head bump evidencing enlightenment (ushnisha) above the head show that the statue is not of the Buddha. It depicts instead the bodhisattva Maitreya, who will be the next Buddha to come to the earth in the future. See a closely related smaller gilt bronze figure of Maitreya, 16.3 cm, in the British Museum, registration number 1996,0117.2.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related gilt lacquer figure of Buddha seated on a plinth throne, 53.3 cm high, dated to the late 19th century, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 17.116.
Thailand, 19th century. Heavily cast, seated on a pedestal throne in dhyanasana, his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra and the left resting in his lap, wearing a close-fitting sanghati. His serene face with heavy-lidded eyes below gently arched brows and full lips forming a calm smile, flanked by long pendulous earlobes, his hair arranged in tight curls. The bronze covered in black lacquer beneath a thick layer of gilding and the base highlighted in red lacquer.
Provenance: French trade.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, casting flaws, minor flaking, minuscule nicks, rubbing to the gilt, and the siraspata lost.
Weight: 17.8 kg
Dimensions: Height 42.4 cm
Expert’s note: At first glance, this figure appears to depict the Buddha Gautama seated in bhumisparsha mudra, signaling his enlightenment by touching the earth. However, the gesture of this figure's left hand and the figure's lack of a flame radiance or head bump evidencing enlightenment (ushnisha) above the head show that the statue is not of the Buddha. It depicts instead the bodhisattva Maitreya, who will be the next Buddha to come to the earth in the future. See a closely related smaller gilt bronze figure of Maitreya, 16.3 cm, in the British Museum, registration number 1996,0117.2.
Literature comparison:
Compare a related gilt lacquer figure of Buddha seated on a plinth throne, 53.3 cm high, dated to the late 19th century, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 17.116.
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