Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity
Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity Thai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha - Art for Eternity

Sukhothai Gilt Bronze Head of Buddha

15278

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A serene and beautifully cast Sukhothai-period bronze head of Buddha, Thailand, circa 14th–16th century AD. The face embodies the spiritual ideal of Thailand's "Golden Age": a symmetrical oval visage with heavily lidded, downcast meditative eyes, gracefully arched brows meeting in a continuous ridge above a thin aquiline nose, and fleshy, softly outlined lips set in the faint inward smile characteristic of the period. The cranium is covered in tightly coiled snail-shell hair curls rising toward the (now-lost) flame finial.

The bronze retains a rich, mottled reddish-brown excavated patina with remnants of black lacquer highlighting the hair, evidence of its original surface treatment and considerable age. A superb example from an early and comparatively rarely seen period of Thai Buddhist sculpture.

Dimensions: 8 in. (20.3 cm) H., plus presented on a custom display mount.

Condition: Good excavated condition, with losses to the ears, finial, and some hair nodes at the sides — consistent with age and burial

Provenance: The collection of Jane and Jack Weprin, New York City; acquired 1970s–1991, thence by descent to the family.

All pieces are unconditionally guaranteed authentic and as described in perpetuity and have been legally acquired and imported in full accordance with U.S. and applicable foreign regulations regarding the movement and sale of antiquities.

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