A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, CHIENG SEN STYLE, RATANAKOSIN PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, CHIENG SEN STYLE, RATANAKOSIN PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2005:
“No. 282, FH 1990, Thai Rama 5th c. bronze Buddha 19th c.”
Gallery price: EUR 1,350 or approx.
EUR 2,200 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing.
Thailand. Seated in virasana, the right hand lowered in bhumisparsha mudra, the left held in dhyana mudra above his lap, dressed in diaphanous uttarasanga which covers the left shoulder and crosses the chest diagonally, but leaves the right shoulder and right arm bare. The serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl with black lacquer pupils, arched brows, and full lips forming a benevolent smile, flanked by elongated earlobes, the hair arranged in small snail-shell curls over the gently domed ushnisha surmounted by a flaming ketumala.
Provenance: Freddy Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark, by 1990. Jorgen Ruben, acquired from the above. In the Jorgen Ruben Collection for 36 years.
Freddy Hansen was a Danish dealer of Asian art and antiquities, particularly Buddhist sculpture. Based in Copenhagen, he was active from the 1950s onward and became one of Denmark's most prominent dealers in Asian art before his retirement in the early 1990s.
Jorgen Ruben is a Danish art dealer and collector who has been active for over four decades and is highly regarded in the fields of Asian art and classical antiquities. Raised in an art-conscious family, Ruben was exposed early to both modern painting and European decorative arts. He began working in the art trade in the mid-1970s, first with Persian rugs and later with antiques, while travels to Iran and a visit to Persepolis sparked his lasting interest in antiquity. After studies in Copenhagen and London, he worked in England with a dealer in early furniture, before travelling widely in Latin America and Asia, deepening his knowledge of regional art and culture. In 1984 Ruben opened a gallery in Copenhagen dealing in Asian antiquities. He was later active in London and, in the early 2000s, operated the Brussels gallery Classic Art. Much of his career, however, has been conducted privately from home, selling by appointment to collectors, galleries, and museums. Ruben has always bought selectively, choosing only works that deeply engaged him, and often keeping them for many years until placing them with a collector he felt truly understood them.
Important Note: For essential information on the
Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger
Condition: Good condition with expected wear and casting irregularities, old metal fills probably inherent to the manufacture, signs of heat damage to the underside, few minor nicks and surface scratches, light dings, signs of weathering, encrustations.
The present sculpture is cast in the Northern Sukhothai style, also referred to as the Chieng Sen style, named after the notable northern Thai city situated on the banks of the Mekong River during the Lan Na kingdom. This stylistic tradition combines elements of both the Sukhothai and Lan Na schools, two of the principal sculptural traditions of Thailand.
Weight: 1,501.4 g
Dimensions: Height 19.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related, earlier, larger figure of Buddha, dated to the Ayutthaya period, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 2000.160.2.
Buyer's Premium
30%
A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, CHIENG SEN STYLE, RATANAKOSIN PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2005:
“No. 282, FH 1990, Thai Rama 5th c. bronze Buddha 19th c.”
Gallery price: EUR 1,350 or approx.
EUR 2,200 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing.
Thailand. Seated in virasana, the right hand lowered in bhumisparsha mudra, the left held in dhyana mudra above his lap, dressed in diaphanous uttarasanga which covers the left shoulder and crosses the chest diagonally, but leaves the right shoulder and right arm bare. The serene face with heavy-lidded downcast eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl with black lacquer pupils, arched brows, and full lips forming a benevolent smile, flanked by elongated earlobes, the hair arranged in small snail-shell curls over the gently domed ushnisha surmounted by a flaming ketumala.
Provenance: Freddy Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark, by 1990. Jorgen Ruben, acquired from the above. In the Jorgen Ruben Collection for 36 years.
Freddy Hansen was a Danish dealer of Asian art and antiquities, particularly Buddhist sculpture. Based in Copenhagen, he was active from the 1950s onward and became one of Denmark's most prominent dealers in Asian art before his retirement in the early 1990s.
Jorgen Ruben is a Danish art dealer and collector who has been active for over four decades and is highly regarded in the fields of Asian art and classical antiquities. Raised in an art-conscious family, Ruben was exposed early to both modern painting and European decorative arts. He began working in the art trade in the mid-1970s, first with Persian rugs and later with antiques, while travels to Iran and a visit to Persepolis sparked his lasting interest in antiquity. After studies in Copenhagen and London, he worked in England with a dealer in early furniture, before travelling widely in Latin America and Asia, deepening his knowledge of regional art and culture. In 1984 Ruben opened a gallery in Copenhagen dealing in Asian antiquities. He was later active in London and, in the early 2000s, operated the Brussels gallery Classic Art. Much of his career, however, has been conducted privately from home, selling by appointment to collectors, galleries, and museums. Ruben has always bought selectively, choosing only works that deeply engaged him, and often keeping them for many years until placing them with a collector he felt truly understood them.
Important Note: For essential information on the
Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger
Condition: Good condition with expected wear and casting irregularities, old metal fills probably inherent to the manufacture, signs of heat damage to the underside, few minor nicks and surface scratches, light dings, signs of weathering, encrustations.
The present sculpture is cast in the Northern Sukhothai style, also referred to as the Chieng Sen style, named after the notable northern Thai city situated on the banks of the Mekong River during the Lan Na kingdom. This stylistic tradition combines elements of both the Sukhothai and Lan Na schools, two of the principal sculptural traditions of Thailand.
Weight: 1,501.4 g
Dimensions: Height 19.5 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a related, earlier, larger figure of Buddha, dated to the Ayutthaya period, in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 2000.160.2.
Buyer's Premium
30%
