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• Auction House:
  Bonhams Australia
• Sale Name:
  Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 143) 2pm (AEDT)
  07 Dec 2022 ~ Session 2 (Lots 201 - 294) 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  244
• Lot Description:
  A gilt copper alloy figure of crowned Buddha, Tibet, 15th century
  16.3cm high
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne; Robert Bleakley, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2001; Mossgreen, Melbourne, 19 Nov 2013, lot 175
• Notes:
  The subject of the crowned Buddha depicted in this sculpture is one which remains part of a larger visual and historical dialogue. The posture with the right hand held in the earth touching gesture, the diaphanous robes with fishtail pleats that fall over the shoulders and the vajra placed on top of the base are associations most typically made with the historical Buddha Shakyamuni at the moment he defeated Mara, the demon who sought to prevent him from attaining enlightenment. The historical Buddha in that archetypal iconographical form, is presented most typically without adornment, referencing that once a prince, he gave up his title and left the palace walls for spiritual pursuits. In some examples though, which have their visual origins in Eastern India like the Bihar inlaid bronze in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1993.311a, b), are representations of the Buddha wearing an ornamented crown, as seen in the sculpture here. Compare a similar example of the crowned Buddha, see Bonhams, The Claude de Marteau Collection, Part II, Paris, 4 Oct 2022, lot 24, and also one published in Sattvas & Rajas, the Culture and Art of Tibetan Buddhism (Sculpture), HAR32190.
• Estimate:
  A$30,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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