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BODY OF ACEPHAL BUDDHA, sculpted in volcanic stone, seated in vajrasana with his right hand in bhumisparsimudra (Gesture_x000D_ of taking the earth as a witness), and his left hand resting on his knees in dhyanamudra, a gesture of meditation, dressed in a fine sanghati with a double_x000D_ hem that leaves the shoulder untouched. hem that leaves the shoulder bare, with a belt ending at the front and back with cascading folds. This Buddha torso is_x000D_ close to the images of the great Javanese central site of Borobudur, but what distinguishes it, the sanghati, both at the front and back of the sculpture. sculpture._x000D_ Indonesia, eastern part of Central Java.x000D_ 9th Century_x000D_ H. 86 cm, W. 81 cm_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ (References: p. 136 in Karl With, Java: Brahmanische, Buddhistische und Eigenlebige Architektur und Plastik auf Java, Hagen I. W. Folkwang_x000D_ Verlag, 1920. This figure of a monk is said to have been found in the vicinity of Kediri in East Central Java, southwest of Surabaya. For_x000D_ an example of a more conventional and less ornate seated Buddha from Borobudur, see cat. no. 11 in Jan Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia,_x000D_ Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1990.PROVENANCE: sold in 2009 to an English private collection. Enclosed is the invoice from the Tucker Gallery in London. Tucker Gallery in London.)._x000D_ For Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer ASIAN ART_x000D_ 37 Bury Street St James's London SW1Y 6AU_x000D_ TeL. 020 7839 3414 Fax: 020 7839 3415 - [email protected] [email protected] www.asianartresource.com_x000D_ VAT Registration No. 752 1977 15
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BODY OF ACEPHAL BUDDHA, sculpted in volcanic stone, seated in vajrasana with his right hand in bhumisparsimudra (Gesture_x000D_ of taking the earth as a witness), and his left hand resting on his knees in dhyanamudra, a gesture of meditation, dressed in a fine sanghati with a double_x000D_ hem that leaves the shoulder untouched. hem that leaves the shoulder bare, with a belt ending at the front and back with cascading folds. This Buddha torso is_x000D_ close to the images of the great Javanese central site of Borobudur, but what distinguishes it, the sanghati, both at the front and back of the sculpture. sculpture._x000D_ Indonesia, eastern part of Central Java.x000D_ 9th Century_x000D_ H. 86 cm, W. 81 cm_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ (References: p. 136 in Karl With, Java: Brahmanische, Buddhistische und Eigenlebige Architektur und Plastik auf Java, Hagen I. W. Folkwang_x000D_ Verlag, 1920. This figure of a monk is said to have been found in the vicinity of Kediri in East Central Java, southwest of Surabaya. For_x000D_ an example of a more conventional and less ornate seated Buddha from Borobudur, see cat. no. 11 in Jan Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia,_x000D_ Washington, National Gallery of Art, 1990.PROVENANCE: sold in 2009 to an English private collection. Enclosed is the invoice from the Tucker Gallery in London. Tucker Gallery in London.)._x000D_ For Jonathan Tucker Antonia Tozer ASIAN ART_x000D_ 37 Bury Street St James's London SW1Y 6AU_x000D_ TeL. 020 7839 3414 Fax: 020 7839 3415 - [email protected] [email protected] www.asianartresource.com_x000D_ VAT Registration No. 752 1977 15
