A beautiful Buddha head in light sandstone, Northern India, c. 10th-12th cent.,
probably from the Northern India state of Uttar Pradesh, lovely, rare and very old stone sculpture with large eyes and gaze sunk in meditation; with eyebrows, which would have originally been carved in delicate relief, long, flat nose, small mouth, full lips and typically long ears, to top of the head the 'ushnisha' (topknot of wisdom or ‘mound of wisdom’) can be clearly seen, with its spiral curls of hair, the left eyebrow, nose and mouth are chipped with surrounding age-related traces of weathering evident, nonetheless, the Buddha’s head is a perfect piece in terms of its proportions and style, height 25 cm, width approx. 16.5 cm (the stone head on its own), height with base 34 cm. (ME)
Provenance:
acquired at the DOROTHEUM in Vienna, at the 'Asiatika' auction of 9th December 1992, catalogue no. 257. Since then: Austrian private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
28.09.2017 - 15:00
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EUR 4,000.-
A beautiful Buddha head in light sandstone, Northern India, c. 10th-12th cent.,
probably from the Northern India state of Uttar Pradesh, lovely, rare and very old stone sculpture with large eyes and gaze sunk in meditation; with eyebrows, which would have originally been carved in delicate relief, long, flat nose, small mouth, full lips and typically long ears, to top of the head the 'ushnisha' (topknot of wisdom or ‘mound of wisdom’) can be clearly seen, with its spiral curls of hair, the left eyebrow, nose and mouth are chipped with surrounding age-related traces of weathering evident, nonetheless, the Buddha’s head is a perfect piece in terms of its proportions and style, height 25 cm, width approx. 16.5 cm (the stone head on its own), height with base 34 cm. (ME)
Provenance:
acquired at the DOROTHEUM in Vienna, at the 'Asiatika' auction of 9th December 1992, catalogue no. 257. Since then: Austrian private collection.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Clocks, Asian Art, Metalwork, Faience, Folk Art, Sculpture |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 28.09.2017 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 23.09. - 28.09.2017 |