A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century - image-1
A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century - image-2
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A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century - image-4
A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century - image-1A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century - image-2A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century - image-3A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century - image-4

Lot 33 D‡α

A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century

Auction 1259 - overview Cologne
10.12.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 5.000 € - 8.000 €
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A small Myanmar ivory figure of the preaching Buddha. Early 20th century

Seated in meditation on a lotus base, both hands held in dharmachakra mudra, the robe laid in parallel folds covering both shoulders, behind the head a halo with lotus flowers and two kneeling celestial beings with folded hands. Age cracks.
Height 8.4 cm

The model for this small image is the famous sandstone stele of the preaching Buddha carved in the Gupta empire ca. 475. The stele was discovered in 1904/05 during excavations by F. O. Oertel in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, in Northern India and exhibited in the Archaeological Museum there from 1910 onward. The so-called Sarnath Buddha is considered one of the most important representations of the Buddha in Asian art. For this reason, replicas and copies have been made again and again in various materials.

Provenance

Private property, Rhineland, acquired around 1980