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LARGE BUDDHA HEAD. IMPORTANT AND RARE
GROßER BUDDHA - KOPF. BUDDHA IN DRY LACQUER.
Thailand or Laos. 18th/19th c. MUSEALER BUDDHA AUS
TROCKENLACK.
Bronze with residue of lacquer gilding. Myanmar/Burma. 18th/19th c.
The face with calm expression, in the
almost closed eyes the inlay with mirror Dark red dry lacquer (man phaya) with
glass and lacquer is partly preserved. residue of gilding. Base closed with wood,
The brow arches, the eye contours and separate tip from lacquered wood. Sitting
those of the lips in fine relief lines. The in vajrasana on a high base with his
earlobes are elongated (both repaired). elegantly elongated hands in bhumisparsa
The hair shown as small spikes, the finial and dhyana mudra. The hair depicted as
of the ushnisha is missing. Height 34cm, fine tips. The garment in relief with the
Width 22cm. On a wooden base. sash draped in folds over the left shoulder.
Condition A/B.
For the dry lacquer technique the rough
Provenance: shape is built from bamboo and clay, over
- Private collection Bremen. Acquired by which layers of fabric soaked in lacquer
the grandfather of the present owner are draped. After hardening of the
locally in 1903. lacquer the inner core is taken out and
here a wooden panel was inserted at the
€ 1.400 – 1.800 | $ 1.554 – 1.998 base for giving it some extra weight, as
the dry lacquer is very light. Figures of this
size in dry lacquer are extremely rare in
western collections. Weight only 14.4kg,
Height 98cm. Condition A/B.

Provenance:
- Private collection Berlin. 1975 - 78
acquired locally.

Literature:
- R. Isaaca & T.R. Blurton: Visions from the
Golden Land. Chicago 2000, no. 72 - 74,
p. 129 - 132.
- Sylvia Fraser - Lu: Burmese Lacquerware.
Bangkok 1985, p. 108 - 9.

€ 5.000 – 7.000 | $ 5.550 – 7.770

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TORSO OF A BUDDHA.
TORSO EINES BUDDHA.
Thailand. Sukhothai style, Kamphaeng
Phet style, but later.

Bronze with dark patina. The large,
spiraled curls for the hair and the elegant
design are reminiscent of Sukhothai
period Buddha in Kamphaeng Phet
style. However, the lowered eyes formed
without a possibility for the usual inserts.
Height 59.5cm. Condition A/B.

Provenance:
- Private collection Cologne, acquired
in 1982.

€ 1.800 – 2.200 | $ 1.998 – 2.442