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13th Century Bronze Lopburi Standing Buddha browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Southeast Asian:Sculpture: Pre 1492: item # 919729 Please refer to our stock # 1117 when inquiring.
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Details: A rare and dynamic example of a 13th century “Lopburi” Standing Buddha, probably from the Buriram area. Buddha is standing with strength in a symmetrical posture which represents a survival of the Dvaravati type, but with the later Khmer innovation of both the hands in the gesture of Abhayamudra as opposed the popular Dvaravati gesture of both hands in Vitarkamudra. Buddha’s frame is strong and powerful with wonderful proportions, the body of an athlete. He wears his robe or Uttarasanga over his broad shoulders in the covering mode with the U-inflection, rendered in partial anamorphosis. The undercloth is seen through the conventional transparency of his robe which hugs his long sturdy, but shapely legs. Shown in the same manner is the frontal panel that runs down the center of the undercloth or Antaravasaka. Here the single tiered Ushnisha and its Ketumala form a low cone. The hair is arranged in vertical tresses, separated from the forehead by a single Khmerized narrow band. Buddha’s face has a square Khmer shape and radiates a profound happiness, but lacks the austerity reminiscent of the Khmer style of Angkor Wat. The term “Lopburi” is loosely used to categorize the Khmerized stone and bronze sculpture found or created in the area of modern day Thailand under the direct rule of Angkor in the 11th and 12th centuries , as well as the subsequent Khmerized early independent Thai art of 13th century. Although there is little iconographic difference between the art of Angkor and Lopburi in the 11th and 12th centuries, the Lopburi art of the 13th century seemed to develop into a unique style of its own due to the independence of the area from Angkor. Although the sculpture is still very Khmer in its flavour, the Khmer casters of Thailand slightly deviated from the classically Khmer templates of the past and developed new images worthy of their Angkorian heritage that subsequently evolved into the important early Ayutthayan Suphanburi U-Thong “A” style in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Age: Late 12th to early 13th Century. Height: On base 25.5cm, off base 19cm not including the casting tang under the base. Remarks: Occasionally on images such as this, some elements of Khmer royal attire are added, as in a closely related example ( plate 40) published in “The Sculpture of Thailand” a catalog that accompanied the exhibition that toured America and Australia in the 1970s with forwards by A.B. Griswold, M.C. Diskul and T. Bowie. One other note, this bronze seems quite heavy for its size, but this can often be the case with images from “Lopburi” as the bronze used in the casting of the images sometimes had higher iron content than their counterparts cast in Angkor proper, and hence explains the small rusty coloured patches in the green patina. |
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