Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Paitoon Muangsomboon (Thai, 1922-1999) Kid เด็ก, c. 1950s image 1
Paitoon Muangsomboon (Thai, 1922-1999) Kid เด็ก, c. 1950s image 2
Lot 50

Paitoon Muangsomboon
(Thai, 1922-1999)
Kid เด็ก, c. 1950s

29 March 2019, 16:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

Sold for HK$250,625 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

Paitoon Muangsomboon (Thai, 1922-1999)

Kid เด็ก, c. 1950s
signed 'P. MUANGSOMBOON' on the left flank of the figure.
cast bronze
36.5 x 26 cm. (14 3/8 x 10 2/8 in.)

Footnotes

派屯 孩童 銅雕 一九五零年代作

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Thence by descent
Private Collection, USA

Literature:
Prof. Bhirasri, Shilpa. 'Contemporary art in Thailand' in Thai Culture, New Series no. 8, first ed. 1959, 2006, fig. 13, p. 9.

Exhibited:
2nd National Exhibition of Art, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1950 (awarded the Gold Medal)


Kid epitomises Paitoon Muangsomboon's style and skill in the idealised yet dynamic depiction of animal figures. The baby goat awkwardly balances on his four splayed legs, stretching and straining to relieve an itch at the base of his spine.

This piece is typical of the artist's oeuvre, capturing and distilling fleeting vignettes of immature animals. His other two famous works, Colt (1950) and Calf (1951), reveal the same bucolic innocence. His animal sculptures attest to his mastery and intimate understanding of the natural world.

Muangsomboon, awarded the title National Artist of Thailand in 1986, is the most accomplished Thai sculptor of animal statuary.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

TÊTE DE BODHISATTVA EN STUC Ancienne région du Gandhara, IIIe-Ve siècle

TÊTE DE BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE Ancienne région du Gandhara, IVe siècle

STATUE DE BOUDDHA EN SCHISTE GRIS Ancienne région du Gandhara, II-IIIe siècle

TÊTE DE BOUDDHA EN STUC Ancienne région du Gandhara, IVe-Ve siècle

PANNEAU EN RELIEF EN SCHISTE GRIS REPRÉSENTANT POSSIBLEMENT LA GRANDE RENONCIATION OU L'INTERPRÉTATION DU RÊVE DE MAYA AU ROI SUDDHODANA Ancienne région du Gandhara, IIe-IIIe siècle

STATUETTE DE DIVINITÉ FÉMININE DEBOUT EN TERRE CUITE Inde, Période Maurya-Sunga, IIe-Ier siècle avant J.C.

STÈLE DE FIGURE DEBOUT TENANT UN ARC ET DES FLÈCHES EN GRÈS ROUGE Inde centrale, Madhya Pradesh, Style Khajuraho, XIe siècle

IMPORTANTE STATUE DE DÉESSE EN BRONZE Inde, Tamil Nadu, époque Vijayanagara, XVI siècle

SANCTUAIRE DE SURYA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE Inde, Bengale, époque Pala, Xe siècle

STÈLE DE VISHNU EN PIERRE NOIRE Inde occidentale, Rajasthan ou Gujarat, ca. XIIe-XIIIe siècle

STÈLE EN PIERRE NOIRE REPRÉSENTANT DURGA TUANT LE DÉMON MAHISHA Bangladesh, XIe-XIIe siècle

STATUETTE DE DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE AVEC TRACES DE POLYCHROMIE Inde, province d'Assam, XVIIe siècle

POIGNARD EN ACIER DAMASQUINÉ D'OR, KATAR DJAMADHAR Inde, moghole, Rajasthan, XIXe siècle

CLOCHE RITUELLE EN BRONZE Indonésie, Java, XIe siècle

RELIQUAIRE EN BRONZE Thaïlande, Sukhothai, XIVe-XVe siècle

BUSTE DE BOUDDHA COURONNÉ EN TERRE CUITE Thaïlande, Haripunjaya, XIIIe siècle

GRANDE CLOCHE DE TEMPLE EN BRONZE Datée de 1206 de l'ère birmane, ou 1844

ÉPÉE À POIGNÉE EN ARGENT NIELLO, DHA, ET SON FOURREAU Birmanie, XIXe siècle

STUPA EN ARGENT Thaïlande, époque Ayutthaya, XVIIe siècle

TÊTE DE BOUDDHA EN BRONZE Thaïlande, époque Ayutthaya, XVe-XVIe siècle

STATUETTE DE BOUDDHA MARAVIJAYA COURONNÉ EN BRONZE Nord de la Thaïlande, époque Lan Na, XVIe siècle

STATUE DE BOUDHA EN BRONZE DORÉ Thaïlande, Bangkok, XIXe siècle

STATUE DE VISHNU CHEVALANT GARUDA EN BOIS SCULPTÉ Thaïlande, XIXe siècle

STATUETTE DE MANJUSHRI AVEC SHAKTI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉ Népal, XVIIe siècle