Large Thai Sukhothai Bronze Buddha Statue

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Exceptional Finds Ancient, Ethno, Fine Art

By Artemis Gallery

Nov 15, 2024

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• Lot Description

  <i>This lot is oversized / heavy and may require 3rd party shipping - please inquire before bidding. </i><br><br>Southeast Asia, Thailand, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. Large bronze Buddha in a pose known as a "Walking Buddha." Buddha is shown stepping forward, his right hand would have been in abhaya mudra, wearing a diaphanous sanghati falling in undulating folds over his left shoulder, his face in a graceful serene expression with downcast eyes and arched brows flanked by long pendulous ears, his hair arranged in spiraling curls rising to a domed ushnisha and surmounted by a flame cintamani. Size: 6.3" L x 12.7" W x 26.1" H (16 cm x 32.3 cm x 66.3 cm); 29.6" H (75.2 cm) on included custom stand.
  
  
  
  This item has been extensively tested using XRF technology. Results show metal is a classic bronze composition of copper, tin, lead and iron with less than 2% zinc in any area tested. These results are in line with Thai bronzes of the period and are inconsistent with modern bronzes form the 19th or 20th century. Additionally, the bronze has become brittle with age, also consistent with early bronzes of the period.
  
  
  
  Compare a related bronze figure of the walking Buddha, dated to the 15th century, height 128.3 cm, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 31.115. Compare another smaller example of the walking Buddha, dated to the 14th century, height 28 cm, in the British Museum, museum number 1947,0514.1.
  
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  #189034

  Condition

  Missing both hands, area below belly and legs. Grainy sand/clay core with blackened areas showing especially in right "stump."

• Provenance

  >Private collection of S. K. San Francisco, California, USA, acquired in 2010 from the estate of a former professor at Temple University, Pennsylvania, USA

• Shipping Info

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