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PROPERTY FROM A BELGIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
比利時私人珍藏
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PANNEAU EN STUC REPRESENTANT QUATRE TETE DE BOUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI EN BRONZE
ADORANTS THAILANDE, EPOQUE SUKHOTHAI, XVEME SIECLE
THAILANDE, EPOQUE SUKHOTHAI, XIVEME SIECLE Son visage est empreint de sérénité. Ses yeux mi-clos sont surmontés
Il est moulé de quatre adorants représentés debout les mains jointes de sourcils arqués. Ses lobes d’oreille sont allongés. Ses cheveux
devant eux. Ils sont parés de bijoux et portent des jupes élaborées. bouclés sont surmontés de l’ushnisha.
Leurs visages sont empreints de sérénité. Hauteur: 43 cm. (17 in.), socle
Hauteur: 40,5 x 54,5 cm. (16 x 21Ω in.), encadrement
€15,000-20,000 $18,000-23,000
€4,000-6,000 $4,700-7,000 £14,000-18,000
£3,600-5,300
PROVENANCE
Acquired by the present owner in the early 1970s.
PROVENANCE
Acquired by the present owner on 5 August 1974. This fne cast head of Buddha Shakyamuni shows him with sublime
inner tranquility imbued with deep spiritual feeling. It epitomizes the
A STUCCO FRIEZE DEPICTING FOUR WORSHIPPERS IN fnest quality of Buddha images made in the Sukhothai kingdom
ADORATION of central Thailand during the ffteenth century. This style is
THAILAND, SUKHOTHAI PERIOD, 14TH CENTURY characterized by an ovoid face with arched eyebrows continuing in
a fuent line to the nose ridge ending in a downward point. The snail-
泰國 素可泰王朝 十四世紀 灰泥雕信徒碑
shaped hair curls and the curled tips of the elongated earlobes are
來源：比利時私人珍藏，購於1974年8月5日 also typical.
A MONUMENTAL BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
THAILAND, SUKHOTHAI PERIOD, 15TH CENTURY
泰國 素可泰王朝 十五世紀 銅釋迦牟尼佛頭像
來源：比利時私人珍藏，購於1970年代初

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