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2043 PROPERTY FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
TWO COPPER ALLOY BUDDHIST PRIVATE COLLECTOR
FIGURES 2047
Thailand, 16th and 20th century 2045 A BLACKSTONE STELE WITH WISDOM
The larger face, Lan Na style, Ayutthaya TWO BLUE AND WHITE DEEP DISHES BUDDHAS
period, circa 16th century, with high-arched Vietnam, late 15th/early 16th century Northeastern India, Pala period, circa
brows converging into the thin bridge of his Each with the interior well painted in 12th century
nose; the smaller silvered bronze, Ayutthaya underglaze blue with a stylized floral roundel Depicting repeated figures of Amitabha,
syle, 20th century (minor losses to back). encircled by leafy blossoms or tendrils below Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, and
8 3/4 and 7 3/4in (22 and 19.5cm) high a scroll band at the rim, the exterior ringed Amoghasiddhi in distinct rows from top
$1,800 - 2,500 with jeweled lappets and the base applied to bottom; together with a North Indian
with brown iron oxide (each with a crack). sandstone carving of an attendant (losses).
2044 14 5/8 and 14in (37.1 and 35.8cm) diameters 13 and 15in (33 and 38cm) high
A LARGE THAI BROWN GLAZED $1,200 - 1,500 $2,000 - 3,000
CERAMIC JAR
With five lugs attached around the shoulder PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE These rows of Wisdom Buddhas would have
below the rolled rim and covered with a EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED likely featured on the upper right edge of a
chocolate brown glaze. EARLY 1980S TO MID 1990S large stele. Compare the sandstone attendant
15in (38.1cm) high to those flanking a North Indian stele of
$800 - 1,200 2046 Sarasvati sold at Christie’s, New York, 16
TWO SANDSTONE RELIEF PANELS WITH September 2014, lot 239.
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Northern India, Shunga period, 1st 2048
century BC A SANDSTONE STELE WITH MITHUNA
The panel with a stupa bearing a later-carved Rajashtan or Madhya Pradesh,
Ganesh at the center of the drum. 11th/12th century
13 1/2 and 11 3/4in (34.5 and 30cm) high Their youthful bodies in graceful ‘thrice-bent’
$3,000 - 5,000 unison with arms around each others’ shoulders.
19in (48.2cm) high
Provenance $3,000 - 5,000
Sotheby’s, London, 10 Oct 1991, lot 56
Provenance
Spink & Sons, Ltd, London, July 1987
