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Birmanie, royaume de Pagan/Bagan, XIIIe siècle
A LACQUERED AND GILDED WOOD STANDING BUDDHA
Burma, Pagan (Bagan) period, 13th century
150 cm (59 in.) high (3).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Private Belgian collection, acquired in Berlin, 2004.
The result of Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage, Brussels, C14 test no. RICH-35908, dated 24 September 2024, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
緬甸 蒲甘王國 十三世紀 漆金木佛像
來源:
比利時私人收藏,於2004年得自柏林
The standing Buddha wears a monastic robe () draped over both shoulders. His proper left hand is held at the chest, palm inward, grasping the edge of the robe, which is visible between the thumb and fingers. His other arm hangs pendent at his side, the hand forming , the gesture of benevolence. He is adorned with elaborate jewellery, including a tall crown with leaf-shaped elements, around a conical formed of diminishing, tiered, umbrella-like elements, closely echoing the crowning features of Southeast Asian stupas.
The statue is carved from a single tree trunk, which accounts for the arms held close to the body and the rigid, upright posture. A number of closely related Buddha images have been found in the temples of Bagan (Pagan), likely placed there as acts of merit-making by local worshippers and visiting pilgrims. Bagan, once the capital of a powerful kingdom, is marked today by hundreds of surviving temple structures scattered across the landscape.
Crowned and bejewelled Buddhas first gained prominence in northeastern India during the Pala period and spread to Pagan and subsequently to mainland Southeast Asia, including the Khmer empire. A comparable example is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1992.382).