Page 140 - Chinese and Japanese Art Auction February 27 and 28th 2020 Galerie Zacke

790 | HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, 792 | A BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA,
C. 15th to 16th CENTURY SUKHOTHAI
Ayutthya Kingdom (Siam). Important and rather large head with Thailand, 15th century. The heavily cast head of Buddha showing
the typical stylistic character of the Ayutthya period (until 1767), a serene expression, with slender lips and down-cast eyes
but also the influence of its classic precursor, the Sukhothai. The underneath high arched eyebrows, tight curls and ushnisha.
curved eye contours, also the fine nose and lips with accentuated
corners in addition to the entire head form, which highlights
the spiritual appeal by widening at the top. Strong high-arched Condition: Some wear, losses, pittings, and dents, beautiful patina.
eyebrows and a corresponding hairline. Domed ushnisha with a Provenance: English private estate.
large flame on top (fragment). Gracefully mounted on a quadratic
red marble base with black sprinkles. Weight: 980.2 g incl. base.
Dimensions: Height 11 cm (the head) and 19.7 cm (incl. base).

Condition: Overall well-preserved. The ears are intact for the Estimate EUR 500,-
most part. Remnants of a former lacquer coating that quite Starting price EUR 250,-
certainly carried a layer of gilding over it.
Provenance: From the Swiss collection Zuberbühler.
Dimensions: Height with base 30.5 cm.
Height without base 10.2 cm.
Estimate EUR 1.800,-
Starting price EUR 900,-

793 | A BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA, SUKHOTHAI

Thailand, 1238-1438. The Buddha showing a serene expression,
with slender lips and down-cast eyes underneath high arched
eyebrows. Fitted hardwood base from around 1900.

Condition: Beautiful patina with malachite and soil encrustation.
The hardwood base with minor wear.
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937).
Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian
industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the
Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Weight: 985.3 g incl. base.
Dimensions: Height 19 cm.

Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

794 | A GILT-BRONZE BUDDHA HEAD, AYUDHYA
Thailand, 15th – 16th century. Heavily cast with a meditative
791 | A BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA, expression, downcast almond-shaped eyes, finely incised lips,
AYUTTHAYA surmounted by a heart-shaped hairline with numerous, minuscule
curls below the ushnisha. Mounted to modern bronze and wood
Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom (1350-1767). With elaborate base.
headdress, showing a serene expression, with slender lips and
down-cast eyes underneath high arched eyebrows. Antique
wood base of stepped square form with old collector’s label on Condition: Losses, dents and some heat damage as visible on
the back. the images. Natural dark patina with deep encrustations, very
little remnants of gilding. Old wear. Overall fair condition and in
accordance with the age of this head.
Condition: Fine patina, soil encrustation, several losses. Provenance: From a London private collection of Buddhist art.
Provenance: German private collection.
Weight: 980 g. (including base).
Weight: 3,156 g incl. base. Dimensions: 11.5 cm (height of the head), 19.5 cm (total height with
Dimensions: Height 32.8 cm incl. base. base).

Estimate EUR 1.800,- Estimate EUR 500,-
Starting price EUR 900,- Starting price EUR 250,-

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