A Lan Na/Chiang Saen bronze figure of Buddha in maravijaya. 15th century - image-1

Lot 637 Dα

A Lan Na/Chiang Saen bronze figure of Buddha in maravijaya. 15th century

Auction 1080 - overview Cologne
09.12.2016, 11:00 - Asian Art - Indian Bronzes from the Günter Heil Collection / Japanese Art
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 14.880 € (incl. premium)

A Lan Na/Chiang Saen bronze figure of Buddha in maravijaya. 15th century

A very fine Lan Na/Chiang Saen bronze figure of Buddha in maravijaya seated in padmasana on a lotus with a row of stylised stamen above a six-cornered base, the right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, the left hand in dhyana mudra above the feet, the body carefully modelled with a short samghati ending above the breast and a full face, the head and ushnisha covered by small curls and sumounted by an onion-shaped jewel. The patina with brown and green areas. 15th century.
Height 51 cm

Provenance

Johann and Ursula Strebel, Wiesbaden

Literature

Compare a very similar bronze in the Lindenmuseum, Stuttgart, ill. in: Ferne Völker Frühe Zeiten, vol. 2, Recklinghausen 1982, p. 164, no. E 51