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LOT 0456
Thai Bronze Buddha Head
SUKHOTHAI, 15TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.
17 1/4 in. (6.8 kg total, 44 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round with semi-naturalistic features, the oval face with delicate features showing a serene expression, elongated earlobes and hair dressed in tiers of tightly-wound spiralling curls; top and most of back of the head absent, exposing a ceramic interior; some remains of lacquer and gilding, particularly to the ears, temples and neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
Provenancewith Nagel Auction, Stuttgart, Germany, 2006.
Acquired from Galerie Arabesque, 2014.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.202173.
Possibly Buddha bhūmisparśamudrā, the facial expression signifying the attainment of enlightenment.
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Indian Framed Watercolour Painting Group
19th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Framed and glazed and displaying polychrome figural scenes bordered by flowering plants and panels of script: one depicting a tea? ceremony set in a landscape featuring blossoming trees and birds; a prince or other figure seated on a bolster, in a landscape featuring a brook and blossoming trees, surrounded by attendants. 932 grams total, 31 x 21.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Thai Bronze Buddha Head
Sukhothai, 15th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
Modelled in the round with semi-naturalistic features, the oval face with delicate features showing a serene expression, elongated earlobes and hair dressed in tiers of tightly-wound spiralling curls; top and most of back of the head absent, exposing a ceramic interior; some remains of lacquer and gilding, particularly to the ears, temples and neck; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 6.8 kg total, 44 cm high including stand
with Nagel Auction, Stuttgart, Germany, 2006. Acquired from Galerie Arabesque, 2014. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.202173.
Possibly Buddha bhūmisparśamudrā, the facial expression signifying the attainment of enlightenment. -
Large Indus Valley Ceramic Storage Vessel
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
With a carinated lower body, everted rim and foot, painted frieze of geometric decoration to the upper body; cracked and repaired. 2.9 kg, 26 cm wide
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
