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Lot 90

A copper alloy figure of Buddha
Sri Lanka, Anaradhapura period, circa 8th century

17 March 2014, 13:00 EDT
New York

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A copper alloy figure of Buddha

Sri Lanka, Anaradhapura period, circa 8th century
Seated in half-lotus posture, his hands rising in the attitude of meditation, his monastic garments leave his right shoulder bare and wrap around his body with the folds in precise incised lines, his neck with the trivali marks, his serene face flanked by pendulous earlobes, his hair in tight curls over the ushinisha and surmounted by siraspata.
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm) high

Footnotes

As Lerner writes of a similar piece held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "The finest Sinhalese art dates to the Anuradhapura period. Unfortunately, relatively few bronze sculptures from this period have survived, and those extant must be considered precious evidence of a once glorious past." (Lerner, The flame and the lotus, New York, 1984, no. 13, pp. 46-7)

Compare with other examples in von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, 1990, pp. 189-197, nos. 46F-50I. A stupa reliquary in the Girkandaka Vihara (47E-I) shows small inset Buddhas facing the four cardinal directions that may well indicate the intended function of Buddhas of this scale.

Provenance:
Estate of Lawrence Phillips, New York

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