A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, KAMPHAENG PHET STYLE, SUKTHOTHAI PERIOD, 15TH CENTURY

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A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, KAMPHAENG PHET STYLE, SUKTHOTHAI PERIOD, 15TH CENTURY This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2005: “No. 140, FH 1991, Thai Kamphaeng Phet 15th c. bronze Buddha” Gallery price: EUR 6,800 or approx. EUR 11,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing. Thailand. Cast standing in samabhanga on a raised lotus dais, his right hand raised in abhaya mudra, while his left is gracefully extended alongside his body, and wearing a diaphanous sanghati secured with a sash around the waist and flaring downward. The oval face with downcast eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl and lacquer, flanked by pendulous earlobes, and the hair in tight curls over the ushnisha, surmounted by a flame finial. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Height 60.4 cm The city of Kamphaeng Phet was known for foundries that produced Buddhist bronzes of the highest and finest quality during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Kamphaeng Phet was one of the principal fortified cities of the Sukhothai Kingdom and later an important provincial center under the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Located along the Ping River in northern Thailand, it served both as a strategic military outpost and a major religious center. Numerous temples and monasteries were established there, many producing distinctive Buddha images in bronze and terracotta. Today the remains of the city form part of the Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park. Established in 1238, the Sukhothai Kingdom enjoyed a brief but artistically brilliant period of independence until it was gradually absorbed by the rising Ayutthaya Kingdom, a process completed in 1438. Guided by the reformist influence of Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism, which spread widely across mainland Southeast Asia in the 13th century through monastic networks linking Sri Lanka with the ports of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea, Sukhothai sculptors returned to ancient poetic descriptions of the mahalakshana (“signs of a great man”). Drawing on these textual ideals, they developed a new, highly refined Buddha image that departed from earlier Mon and Khmer sculptural idioms. One of the most distinctive features of this style is the flame-like ushnisha, a motif that reflects this broader religious and cultural exchange with Sri Lanka. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 26 March 2025, lot 510 Price: USD 16,380 or approx. EUR 15,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and manner of casting with similar pose and expression. Note the larger size (87.6 cm).

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