Lot no. 315
A rare Kashmiri or Western Tibetan silver-inlaid dark bronze figure of the crowned Buddha. 9th/10th
Standing on a lotus base over a rectangular plinth, his right hand raised in the fear-abiding gesture and holding the tip of his robe in his left, wearing a simple and tightly fitted lower and upper monastic garment and a cape decorated with tassels in a zigzag-line and adorned with a tripartite crown with rosettes, ribbons, matching earrings, the "sun in the crescent moon" emblems, and short beaded necklace, all characteristic for that region and time. The eyes and urna inlaid with silver, the face painted with cold gold. The unsealed plinth with an inscription.
Height 22.3 cm
Provenance
Private collection, Collogne, acquired in the 1980s/90s from the old-established antique dealer Werner Köntges (1902-1997), Cologne
Literature
Compare similar bronze figures: Acc. no. 1970.297 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39345
) and Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculpures in Tibet, Volume One: India & Nepal, Hong Kong 2001, p. 114-115, pl. 22A and p. 144-145, pl. 36Seltene Figur des bekrönten Buddha. Dunkelpatinierte Bronze mit Silbereinlagen. Kaschmir oder Westti
Auf einem Lotos über einem rechteckigen Podest stehend, die rechte Hand zur Geste der Furchtlosigkeit erhoben, die linke einen Gewandzipfel haltend, gekleidet in das einfache Unter- und Obergewand eines Mönches und in ein für die Zeit und Region charakteristisches Cape, das über Brust und Oberarme im Zickzack-Muster mit Quasten dekoriert ist, und prinzengleich geschmückt mit einer dreiblättrigen Krone mit rosettenverzierten Bändern verziert, passenden Ohrgehängen und Brustschmuck. Augen und urna mit Silber eingelegt, Gesicht mit Resten von kalter Vergoldung. Podest mit Inschrift versehen und offen.
H 22,3 cm
Provenienz
Privatsammlung, Köln, erworben in den 1980er/90er-Jahren bei Antiquitäten Werner Köntges (1902-1997), Köln
Literatur
Vgl. ähnliche Figuren: Inv.-Nr. 1970.297 im Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39345
) und Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculpures in Tibet, Volume One: India & Nepal, Hong Kong 2001, S. 114-115, Abb. 22A und S. 144-145, Abb. 36
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Pictures credits: Contact organization
Asian Art
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