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A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA
THAILAND, SUKHOTHAI PERIOD, CIRCA 1350-1400 39 1/4 in. (99.8 cm) high
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泰國 ?素可泰王國時期 約1350-1400年 佛陀銅像It is easy to mistake this Sukhothai Standing Buddha for one of the kingdom's famous Walking Buddhas, such is the movement created by the sweep of the robe about his legs. The Buddha stands erect with his left hand raised in a gesture of reassurance, his face projecting an air of quiet authority beneath a tall flame rising from his ushnisha like a beacon of his enlightened consciousness.? ? An example of the prized Sukhothai style, this bronze has an excellent pedigree. In the mid-1960s, it was purchased by a U.S. diplomat on the advice of Rene-Yvon d'Argence (the late Director Emeritus of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco) from Peng Seng (the eminent Thai art and antiques dealer). Peng Seng's clients were primarily members of the Thai royal family before a growing number of foreigners began to appreciate Thai Buddhist art. The bronze was later exhibited at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco in the 1980s.? ? Translated as "Dawn of Happiness", the Sukhothai kingdom's reign lasted for 200 years and is now regarded as the Thai Golden Age. Having wrested power from the Khmers, the Sukhothai rulers endeavored to cease production of Buddha images in the Khmer style and develop a new, uniquely Thai aesthetic. With the assistance of Singhalese Theravadan monks, they adhered to textual prescriptions in ancient Pali treatises (shastras). Composed as similes, among Buddha's signs of greatness (mahalakshanas), he has a nose "like a parrot's beak", a chin "like a mango stone", his long and sinuous arms "like the trunk of a young elephant", and his elegant hands "like a lotus bud opening". Their efforts yielded a beautiful Thai image informed by poetry.? The present bronze's features compare closely to a "classic" Sukhothai masterpiece held in the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, Sukhothai, and an oft-published red-lacquered and gilded bronze in the National Museum, Bangkok (see Stratton, Buddhist Sculptures of Northern Thailand, Bangkok, 2004, p.165, fig.7.8; and National Museum Volunteers Group, Treasures from the National Museum, Bangkok, 2010, p.35, no.54; respectively). Also compare the elegant upswept eyes and recessed lips of a Buddha attributed to the second half of the 14th century in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Woodward, The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand, 1997, p.154, fig.155).? ? Provenance? Peng Seng, Bangkok? Collection of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C, acquired from the above between 1963-1968? On long term loan to the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, early 1980s-1989