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Lot 18

A PAIR OF COPPER ALLOY ADORANTS
THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

29 March 2018, 16:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

Sold for HK$215,875 inc. premium

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A PAIR OF COPPER ALLOY ADORANTS

THAILAND, AYUTTHAYA PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
With traces of lacquer and gilding
74cm (29 ¼ in). high

Footnotes

泰國 大城時代 十七世紀 供養人銅像一對

Provenance:
Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard
Private European Collection, acquired on 16 March 1987

With a beautiful lustrous patina, this pair of adorants recall the orthodoxy of Theravada Buddhist practiced in the 17th century Thai Kingdom of Ayutthaya. They kneel adoring in prayers, hands joined in anjalimudra.

Their faces evoke an expression of great serenity – half-closed eyes gazing downwards under perfectly arched and distinctly separated brows. Elements of the original mother of pearl inlay in the eyes remain together with traces of gold gilding and lacquer on the face and body. Their hair is neatly arranged in small snail-shell curls, ears with pendant earlobes frame their faces. Aquiline noses emphasise their full lips, giving the figures a classical beauty that is at once human and idealised.

Compare example with similar facial features found in the Maha Wirawong National Museum published in Krairiksh, Art Styles in Thailand, 1977, p.192, no.71.

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