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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA
THAILAND, LOBPURI PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY
17¡ in. (44.1 cm.) high
$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE
Peng Seng, Bangkok.
Acquired from the above by Richard A. Kebbon, Jr., 22 July 1964.
Standing in an iconic posture, with both arms raised in abhaya mudra
or the gesture of fearlessness, the diminutive fgure of Buddha has a
commanding presence. Compare the conical headdress, the gentle
expression, the necklaces and pendant, and the fared outer robe of
the current work with those of another thirteenth-century bronze
fgure of Buddha from the Lobpuri period, previously on long-term
loan to the Toledo Museum of Art and sold at Christie’s New York, 21
March 2007, lot 287.

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI
THAILAND, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
17æ in. (45.1 cm.) high

$15,000-25,000

PROVENANCE
Monogram Gallery, Bangkok.
Acquired from the above by Richard A. Kebbon, Jr., 20 July 1964.
The classic posturing of the present lot is iconic amongst Buddhist
imagery. Here, Buddha is seated in vajraparyankasana with the
proper right hand touching in the earth in bhumisparsha mudra, at
the moment of his enlightenment.

The faming fnial atop the ushnisha, the snailshell curls, the
diaphanous robes, and the tiered lotus throne with raised pearl
edges all compare favorably with another ffteenth-sixteenth
century bronze fgure of seated Buddha from Thailand, in the
collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. no.
1981.463), illustrated in “The Arts of South and Southeast Asia”: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 51, no. 4 (Spring, 1994).

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