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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT
EUROPEAN COLLECTION
歐洲私人珍藏

■ ƒ202
RARE STATUE DE BOUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI EN BRONZE
THAILANDE, EPOQUE AYUTTHAYA,
STYLE DE KAMPAENG PHET,
XVEME-XVIEME SIECLE
Il est représenté en samabhanga. Sa main
droite est en abhayamudra, la gauche pend le
long de son corps. Il est vêtu d’un samghati et
d’un uttarasangha. Son visage est empreint de
sérénité. Ses cheveux bouclés et son ushnisha sont
surmontés d’une famme ; traces de laque.
Hauteur: 156 cm. (61Ω in), socle
€50,000-70,000 $59,000-82,000
£45,000-62,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired by the family of the present owner,
27 October 1982 and thence by descent to the
present owner.
AN IMPORTANT BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
SHAKYAMUNI
THAILAND, AYUTTAYA PERIOD,
KAMPAENG PHET, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
泰國 大城時期 甘烹碧風格 十五至十六世紀
銅釋迦摩尼佛像
來源：歐洲私人珍藏， 購於1982年10月27日，
現家族傳承

This impressive life-size bronze statue of the
historical Buddha Shakyamuni perfectly epitomises
his blissful state of perfection and compassion.
His face shows a serene expression with half-
closed eyes, long aquiline nose, well-defned lips,
elongated earlobes and small hair curls. All these
facial elements are characteristic for the earlier
phase of Buddhist art of the Ayutthaya period.
This kingdom was founded in 1350 and remained
one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia
until its destruction by the Burmese in 1767 AD. Its
city of Kamphaeng Phet was known for foundries
that produced Buddhist bronzes of the highest and
fnest quality during the ffteenth and sixteenth
centuries. Based on the high technical quality,
stylized facial features and small hair curls of the
presented bronze Buddha it is not to be excluded
that the statue originates from Kamphaeng Phet or
one of the foundries in its vicinity.

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