Mark Rasmussen
International Director
Lot 639W
A WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA MYANMAR, PAGAN PERIOD, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
23 September 2020, 15:00 EDT
New YorkUS$40,000 - US$60,000
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A WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA
MYANMAR, PAGAN PERIOD, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
With remains of red and gilt lacquer
64 3/4 in. (164.5 cm) high
With remains of red and gilt lacquer
64 3/4 in. (164.5 cm) high
Footnotes
緬甸 蒲甘王朝 十二/十三世紀 佛陀木像
This rare and life-size wood sculpture of Buddha depicts him standing with his left hand raised before his chest, holding the hem of his robe and his right hand down by his hip displaying the gesture of charity (varada mudra). The temple city of Pagan blossomed between the 11th and 13th centuries and is home to the densest concentration of Buddhist monuments in the world. Pagan's emblematic wood standing buddhas are often carved with regalia, while the present example almost certainly had an affixed crown and necklace, probably of gilded copper. Compare a crowned example with similar pose, physique, broad physiognomy, and lotus base in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1992.382).
Provenance
Private West Coast Collection, early 1980s
Private US Collection