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Description

Thailand, 8th-9th century. 

Sensitively carved with heavy-lidded downcast eyes with incised pupils, thick ridged brows, a broad nose, elongated earlobes, and full lips forming a calm smile, the hair in snail shell curls over a high ushnisha.

Size including stand : 51X23X23 cm

Expert’s note: 

While there is great variation within the Mon-Dvaravati tradition, the sensitivity paid to the modeling of these facial features is in keeping with the period’s focus on the purity and fluidity of form. As expressed by Jean Boisselier in The Heritage of Thai Sculpture, 1975, p. 73, "The school of Dvaravati may stand alongside the great Buddhist artistic traditions of India, so enduring were its innovations and so persuasive its influence on most of the art of Southeast Asia."

Condition: 

Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, losses, minor structural cracks, nicks, scratches, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 12 September 2012, lot 620
Price: USD 31,250 or approx. EUR 40,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A black stone head of Buddha, Thailand, Mon Dvaravati period, 8th/9th century
Expert remark: Compare the related facial features. Note the size (26.7 cm)

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 15 March 2016, lot 318
Price: USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 31,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A gray sandstone head of Buddha, Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati period, 9th century
Expert remark: Compare the related facial features, and material. Note the size (24 cm)

Provenance: 

From the collection of René Ronveaux (d. 1991), Belgium, probably acquired in the 1970s, and thence by descent in the same family. A copy of a provenance statement, written and signed by the previous owner, dated 8 December 2022, confirming the provenance stated above, accompanies this lot.


 

8th-9th century.

thailand mon dvaravati period Sandstone A VERY BIG SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA, MON-DVARAVATI PERIOD - 37×24×24 cm - (1)

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