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A SANDSTONE HEAD OF VISHNU, KULEN STYLE, PRE-ANGKOR PERIOD, FIRST HALF OF THE 9TH CENTURY
奥地利
04月11日 下午5点 开拍
拍品描述 翻译
The mustachioed face has a striking realism suggestive of portraiture. Finely carved with bow-shaped lips and a short swirling moustache below a broad nose, almond-shaped eyes and gently arched brows, the head with a cylindrical miter that is plain and frames the forehead with a simple band.Provenance: Spink & Son, London, 1985. Raymond Handley, Los Altos Hills, California, acquired from the above, and thence by descent to his wife Marsha Vargas Handley. A copy of the invoice from Spink & Son, dated 27 June 1985, and stating a purchase price for the present lot of GBP 5,050 or approx. EUR 26,000 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. Raymond G. Handley (1923-2009) partnered with Ray Renault in the 1950s to co-found one of California's oldest and most successful real estate development firms. They were pioneers in shaping the early landscape of Silicon Valley, developing buildings for major tech innovators such as Intel and Raytheon, laying the groundwork for the region's transformation into a global technology hub. Raymond Handley was a keen collector of art who traveled extensively, including the most remote parts of Papua New Guinea and Africa. In Mali, where his brother served as the Ambassador of the United States, he drilled more than fifty water wells for Dogon villages. His passion led him to establish Folk Art International/Xanadu Tribal Arts, an ethnographic art business which developed into the Xanadu Gallery in the late 1990s, located in the historic Frank Lloyd Wright building off Union Square, and continued by his widow Marsha Vargas Handley until her retirement in 2015. Having opened her first gallery in the Bay Area in 1973, she is an important figure in the Asian art world in her own right, serving as the president of the International Netsuke Society for over 16 years. Raymond Handley's first visit to Spink & Sons took place in the early 1980s, between Christmas and New Year's, when much of the staff was away on vacation. During this visit, Raymond was captivated by the gallery's impressive selection of fine works and quickly amassed a collection of over 100 items he intended to purchase. This large number caused some concern for Anthony Gardner, head of Spink's Southeast Asian Department, who had never dealt with such a sizable transaction. As the total approached 108 items, Anthony suggested Raymond stop there, citing it as an auspicious number. To this day, 108 remains the record for the most works sold in a single day, and it became customary thereafter for the staff to remain at work during the holiday period.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, obvious losses, natural imperfections including fissures, scattered nicks and scratches, small chips, and signs of weathering and erosion.Weight: 24.3 kg (incl. stand)Dimensions: Height 33 cm (excl. stand), 45 cm (incl. stand)Based on his high cylindrical miter it is almost certain that this head represents Vishnu. Additionally, this particular god belonged to the most popular iconographic representations during the Kulen phase which enhances this presumption. His specific high headdress gives him, as it were, a royal status which is emphasized by a slightly smiling, almost arrogant, expression. The facial features seem highly particularized, as is the case with most Vishnu examples executed in this style.In the late eighth century, the Khmer king Jayavarman II moved his capital from Vyadhpura, likely in eastern Cambodia, to Hariharalaya (modern Roluos). In 802 he performed a consecration ceremony (abhisheka) on Phnom Kulen, a mountain plateau northeast of the Tonle Sap lake, an early religious center of the Khmer royal household. A series of single-cell brick sanctuary temples on Phnom Kulen built during his reign are associated with a small corpus of important sculptures. Stylistically, it marks the moment of transition from the pre-Angkorian world to the beginnings of the Angkorian period.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related complete sandstone figure of Vishnu, first half of the 9th century, 190 cm high, in the Musee Guimet, accession number MG18860, and exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century, 14 April - 27 July 2014, cat. no. 79. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 474 Price: USD 21,250 or approx. EUR 28,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A sandstone head of a deity, Khmer, pre-Angkor period, 7th/8th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of carving with similar facial features and tall miter headdress. Note the size (28.8 cm).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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