Asian Art / 5000 Years

Asian Art / 5000 Years

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE SHERIDAN (1923-2008)

A bronze figure of Buddha, Java, 10th century

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6,000 - 8,000 EUR

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Description

Height 10 cm, 4 in.

Collection of George Sheridan (1923-2008), acquired in Paris, London and New York from the 1960s onwards, and thence by descent; a passion nurtured from his friendship with Professor Samuel Eilenberg (1913-1998), who donated his collection to the Metropolitan Museum in New York in 1987.

The charming diminutive bronze with a fine green patina depicts Shakyamuni Buddha seated in the adamantine posture of vajraparyankasana and touching the pedestal with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra. The iconography is associated with Buddha’s triumph over the temptations and distractions offered by the demon Mara before his subsequent enlightenment at the vajrasana seat at Bodh Gaya. A halo is bordered by a ring of flames signifying the Buddha’s pristine awareness. 

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