A RARE KHMER BRONZE FIGURE OF HANUMAN, BAYON STYLE, ANGKOR PERIOD, 12TH-13TH CENTURY
拍卖行: Galerie Zacke
专场: 经典艺术:藏家慧眼——约根·伊卢姆·鲁本收藏亚洲艺术与古董
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A RARE KHMER BRONZE FIGURE OF HANUMAN, BAYON STYLE, ANGKOR PERIOD, 12TH-13TH CENTURY This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2005: “No. 177, LA 1968, Khmer Bayon 13th c. Bronze Hanuman standard top” Gallery price: EUR 43,500 or approx. EUR 72,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing. The ledger establishes that this object was located in Europe before the UNESCO 1970 Convention entered into force. Expert’s note: When posed in this powerful and exuberant manner, the image of Hanuman stood at the top of a standard. As the son of the wind god and the most powerful of the primeval forest-dwellers, who are depicted with the head and tail of a monkey and the body of a man, Hanuman as an emblem spelled success in battle. Hanuman is most prominently featured in the Indian epic Ramayana, which had gained popularity in Cambodia by the 600s. Khmer Empire. The monkey-headed king balancing on his right leg atop a domed base, his left leg extended at the same angle as his raised left arm, wearing a short vertically pleated sampot secured by a belt and terminating in a fishtail-form central pleat. The deity is adorned with incised collars, beaded armbands, bracelets, and anklets, and a diadem with three leaf-shaped projections, his tiered conical coiffure surmounted by a lotus-bud cintamani. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Height 38 cm Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bronze figure of Hanuman, Cambodia, Angkor, Bayon style, dated to the 12th century, size 18 x 19 cm, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1991.169. Compare a closely related bronze figure of Hanuman, Angkor period, 15.5 cm high, in the National Museum of Cambodia, inventory number Ga.5472. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 25 March 1999, lot 186 Price: USD 60,250 or approx. EUR 106,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, pose, and adornment. Note the size (28.6 cm).
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