17th Oct, 2024 11:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism
226
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, INDONESIA, 9TH-11TH CENTURY
Sold for €6,500
including Buyer's Premium
Central Java. Expertly cast, standing in samabhanga with the arms extended, the right hand held in shuni mudra and the left hand grasping the hem of his robe. Clad in a long diaphanous sanghati draped over his left shoulder, the serene face with skillfully incised eyes and lips, a prominent raised urna, flanked by long pendulous earlobes, the hair arranged in snail-shell curls around the ushnisha.
Provenance: A private collection in the United States. Gallery Ilunga, Ghent, ca. 2000. The collection of Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant, Ghent, Belgium, acquired from the above and thence by descent. A copy of a certificate of authenticity from Gallery Ilunga, signed by Luc Cannoot, and confirming the dating above, accompanies this lot. Ilunga was a noted gallery of African and Asian art and antiquities founded in 1980 in Ghent, Belgium, operated by its long-time director Luc Cannoot. Ilunga is the name that the Luba people give to those they consider to be unifying or bringing people together.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, casting irregularities, small nicks, losses, few old repairs, minor touchups. The bronze covered in a rich, mottled, naturally grown patina with extensive malachite and cuprite encrustations.
Weight: 1,871 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 38.5 cm (incl. stand), 33.3 cm (excl. stand)
With an old associated wood stand. (2)
Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze figure of Buddha, 19.5 cm high, dated to the 9th century, Java, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.142.19.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 148
Price: USD 22,500 or approx. EUR 29,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze figure of Buddha, Indonesia, Srivijaya, Palambang, 8th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, and manner of casting. Note the extensive losses and the size (34.3 cm).
Central Java. Expertly cast, standing in samabhanga with the arms extended, the right hand held in shuni mudra and the left hand grasping the hem of his robe. Clad in a long diaphanous sanghati draped over his left shoulder, the serene face with skillfully incised eyes and lips, a prominent raised urna, flanked by long pendulous earlobes, the hair arranged in snail-shell curls around the ushnisha.
Provenance: A private collection in the United States. Gallery Ilunga, Ghent, ca. 2000. The collection of Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant, Ghent, Belgium, acquired from the above and thence by descent. A copy of a certificate of authenticity from Gallery Ilunga, signed by Luc Cannoot, and confirming the dating above, accompanies this lot. Ilunga was a noted gallery of African and Asian art and antiquities founded in 1980 in Ghent, Belgium, operated by its long-time director Luc Cannoot. Ilunga is the name that the Luba people give to those they consider to be unifying or bringing people together.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, casting irregularities, small nicks, losses, few old repairs, minor touchups. The bronze covered in a rich, mottled, naturally grown patina with extensive malachite and cuprite encrustations.
Weight: 1,871 g (incl. stand)
Dimensions: Height 38.5 cm (incl. stand), 33.3 cm (excl. stand)
With an old associated wood stand. (2)
Literature comparison:
Compare a related bronze figure of Buddha, 19.5 cm high, dated to the 9th century, Java, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.142.19.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2012, lot 148
Price: USD 22,500 or approx. EUR 29,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze figure of Buddha, Indonesia, Srivijaya, Palambang, 8th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, and manner of casting. Note the extensive losses and the size (34.3 cm).
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