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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT EAST COAST COLLECTION
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A BRONZE HEAD OF BUDDHA During the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries, Thailand's Ayutthaya
THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA PERIOD, 14TH-15TH CENTURY kingdom became one of the most powerful forces on mainland Southeast
6º in. (15.9 cm.) high Asia. Continuing the artistic trajectory set forth under the Sukhothai, the
Theravada polity sponsored the production of Buddha images fashioned in
$6,000-8,000
a new distinct style. The faces display a curvilinear contour with the hairline
extending towards the sinuous browline accentuated by elongated ears
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Alfred E. Mirsky, New York, by 1974. flared at the upper and lower tips. The eyes, extending evenly across the
Rockefeller University, by 1978 (acc. no. 78-107). width of the face, are three-quarters closed to endow the figure with a sense
Christie's New York, 30 March 2006, lot 108. of serenity that is at once inwardly directed and also engaged with the world.

泰國 阿瑜陀耶王國 十四/十五世紀 銅佛首
來源:
Alfred E. Mirsky珍藏，紐約，不晚於1974年。
洛克菲勒大學，不晚於1978年（館藏編號 78-107）。
紐約佳士得，2006年3月30日，拍品108。