Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art

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Lot 249
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Head of Buddhist Devotee Dark Brown Sandstone Thailand, Mon-Dvaravati Period

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Head of Buddhist Devotee
  • Dark Brown Sandstone
  • height 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
The head is adorned with a three pronged headdress and a jeweled diadem, the expression of the face is serene with the eyes closed in an attitude of devotion and meditation.

Provenance

Josefina Enriqueta Valentina de Albuquerque, Buenos Aires, 1930´s

Catalogue Note

Compare to an attendant figure in a Buddhist plaque illustrated in Hiram W. Woodward, The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand: The Alexander B. Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1997, p. 51, fig. 44.