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Lot 19
STUPA EN ARGENT Thaïlande, époque Ayutthaya, XVIIe siècle
12 December 2025, 11:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche€800 - €1,200
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STUPA EN ARGENT
Thaïlande, époque Ayutthaya, XVIIe siècle
A SILVER STUPA
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 17th century
41.6 cm (16 3/8 in.) high
A SILVER STUPA
Thailand, Ayutthaya period, 17th century
41.6 cm (16 3/8 in.) high
Footnotes
The stupa is composed of a ringed bell-shaped main section that rises in harmonious proportion to a pointed spire, culminating in a three-tiered parasol (chatra). Incised floral patterns decorate the base and dome.
It was probably used as a reliquary and originally enshrined within a brick stupa of the same form, a type found throughout Thailand. Such an object would likely have been commissioned by a monk or high-ranking layperson as an act of merit-making. For comparison, see a related example in the British Museum, dated to the 16th century or later (acc. no. 1957,1014.1.a–b).
Provenance
Claude De Marteau, Brussels, 1989.
Private Collection, Belgium, acquired from the above;
Thence by descent.
泰國 大城時期 十七世紀 銀佛塔
來源
克勞德‧德‧馬圖（Claude De Marteau），布魯塞爾，1989年
比利時私人收藏，購自上述
後由家族傳承