Louise Termignon
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Lot 15
RELIQUAIRE EN BRONZE Thaïlande, Sukhothai, XIVe-XVe siècle
12 December 2025, 11:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€5,000 - €7,000
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RELIQUAIRE EN BRONZE
Thaïlande, Sukhothai, XIVe-XVe siècle
A BRONZE RELIQUARY
Thailand, Sukhothai, 14th-15th century
24 cm (9 1/2 in.) high
A BRONZE RELIQUARY
Thailand, Sukhothai, 14th-15th century
24 cm (9 1/2 in.) high
Footnotes
This reliquary's geometric conical-shaped base recalls the traditional tiered stupa form. From this foundation, the form diverges, culminating in a domed top adorned with petals of the lotus flower in bloom. A similar reliquary with a domed top from the earlier Mon period (7th-9th century) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (see Martin Lerner, The Flame and the Lotus, New York, 1984, pp.104-105), whereas, the treatment of the annular bands finds a close parallel in a 14th-century bronze lamp from Tak Province in northern Thailand, also in the Metropolitan Museum of Art collection (acc. no. 1991.383.1).
Provenance
Ancart Ph., Brussels, 1985
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above (recorded in a 1985 insurance document);
Thence by descent.
泰國 素可泰 十四至十五世紀 銅聖物盒
來源
Ancart Ph.，布魯塞爾，1985年 （記錄於1985年保險文件）
比利時私人收藏，購於上者
後由家族傳承