A GOOD NORTHERN SUKHOTHAI BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA THAILAND, C.15TH CENTURY Depicted seated in sattvasana with his left hand upon his lap in dhyana mudra and his right hand touching the ground in bhumisparsa mudra, wearing a samghati draped over his left shoulder, his face with downcast eyes and a serene expression, his head with tightly curled hair surmounted by a flame ushnisha, the figure raised on a lotus throne with a beaded upper rim above a hexagonal plinth, the metal with a deep-brown patina and occasional faint malachite encrustations, 15kg, 53.5cm. Provenance: from the collection of the late AJ Lippitt (1928-2019), Hampshire; acquired from Simon Ray Ltd., 8th October 2018 (a copy of the invoice is available); previously the collection of Dani and Anna Ghigo, acquired in Bangkok, 26th October 1973 (a copy of their stockbook page is available); sold by Christie's London, 11th May 2016, lot 75. The style referred to as Northern Sukhothai, also known as Chien Seng, flourished in Thailand following the rise to independence of local chieftans against earlier Khmer rule in the 13th century. Typical stylistic features in the artistic production of this newly formed polity include the hem of Buddha's samghati terminating above the navel, thick high-relief curls centering on a vertical line above the forehead and the overall slimmer features of the figure, emphasised by the slenderness of the fingers. To develop their new idiom, local artists also looked to work made in the neighbouring Lan An kingdom. The lotus throne with the broad petals and beaded rim above the polygonal plinth seen in the work offered here is a typical feature derived from Lan An statuary. For a comparable Northern Sukhothai figure of Buddha dating to the 15th/16th century, see Bonhams New York, 22 March 2022, lot 320. 十五世紀 泰國銅佛坐像 來源：英國漢普郡AJ Lippitt（1928-2019）收藏，2018年10月8日購於Simon Ray Ltd (附發票複印件). Dani 及Anna Ghigo舊藏，1973年10月26日購於曼谷，之後由倫敦佳士得售出，2016年5月11日·編號75。