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12th to 13thC Khmer Angkor Period Bronze Seated Buddha browse these categories for related items... All Items: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Bronze: Pre 1492: item #969855 Please refer to our stock #1129 when inquiring.
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Details: A finely cast, handsome, and powerfully proportioned example of an Angkor period bronze seated Buddha in the late Bayon style. Buddha is seated in Maravijaya upon an attractive Khmerized double lotus throne, his hands in Bhumisparsha and Dyhana mudra respectively calling the earth to witness his many previous good and compassionate deeds. Buddha’s square face is meditative and serene, typically Bayon with his broad smiling expression. The large curls of his hair are separated from his forehead by a Khmer styled brow band below a tall tiered Ushnisha cover and flanked by long heavy pierced and naturalistically elongated earlobes. He is clad in a Sanghati worn in the open mode with his sash falling to just below his broad chest. The piece is finely modeled and has a wonderfully rich glassy green patina. There is a debate as to whether Buddha images such as this one are Khmer proper or Khmerized Lopburi as iconographically there is little difference between the two in this period. This piece does bear a close resemblance to later early Ayutthayan Suphanburi U-Thong “A” pieces, which logically show a progression from Khmerized Lopburi of the early 13th century. However, in the instance of this image I feel it's more likely to have been modeled and cast in Cambodia proper making it Bayon due to the treatment of the eyebrows as well as the light weight of the bronze. Lopburi bronzes tend to be heavier in the hand and sometimes have a higher iron content. The term “Lopburi” is loosely used to categorize the Khmerized stone and bronze sculpture found or created in the area of modern day Thailand under the direct rule of Angkor in the 11th and 12th centuries , as well as the subsequent Khmerized early independent Thai art of 13th century. Although there is little iconographic difference between the art of Angkor and Lopburi in the 11th and 12th centuries, the Lopburi art of the 13th century seemed to develop into a unique style of its own due to the independence of the area from Angkor. Age: Late 12th to early 13th Century. Height: 17 cm. Remarks: This piece comes in a fitted case from a Japanese collection. |
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