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Standing Buddha
anoniem, anoniem, anonymous, anonymous, anonymous [rejected attribution], anonymous [rejected attribution], anoniem [rejected attribution], anoniem [rejected attribution], c. 700 - c. 800
Although this figure was found on Java, it was most likely made elsewhere and exported to Indonesia. The drapery folds of the monk’s robe are characteristic of Buddha figures from India or Sri Lanka. The protuberance on the head (ushnisha), a standard sign of the Buddha, is here made of gold and is a later addition.
- Artwork typefigure, sculpture, Boeddha-beeld
- Object numberAK-MAK-193
- Dimensionsheight 42 cm x width 12 cm x weight 3.79 kg x weight 8 g
- Physical characteristicsbronze with gold ushnisha
Identification
Title(s)
Standing Buddha
Object type
Object number
AK-MAK-193
Description
Boeddha, rechtervoet is bijgemaakt, rechterhand in abhaya-mudra, de linker in witarka-mudra. Het beeld is gemaakt van brons om een cement-achtige kern.
Catalogue reference
- Jan Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia, Washington 1990, pp. 178-179, no. 35.
- P. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Asiatic Art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1985, p. 173, fig. 185.
- H. Härtel & J. Auboyer, Indien und Sudostasien (Propyläen Kunstgeschichte 21), p. 294, pl. 320.
- David Snellgrove (ed.), The image of the Buddha, Paris/Tokyo 1978
- Vereeniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van Indische Beeldhouwkunst, Den Haag 1922, p. 44, no. 30.
- T.B. Roorda (ed.), Choix de sculptures des Indes, La Haye 1923, Pl. X & XI.
- P. Dupont, 'Les Buddhas dits d'Amaravati en Asie du Sud-Est', Bulletin de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient XLIX (1959), pp. 632-636.
- Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer & Marijke J. Klokke, Divine Bronze, Leiden 1988, pp. 19, 24-25 & 53, no. 1.
- Sara Schastok, 'Bronzes in the Amaravati style' in Marijke J. Klokke & Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer (eds.), Ancient Indonesian Sculpture, Leiden 1994, pp. 33-35 & 45, Pl. 2.
- H.F.E. Visser, Museum van Aziatische Kunst, Amsterdam 1952, p. 68, pl. 34, no. 217.
- Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist sculptures of Sri Lanka, Hong Kong 1990, p. 182, Pl. 43E.
- D. Barrett, 'The later school of Amaravati and its influences', Indian Art and letters XXVIII (1954), p. 50, 52
- F.D.K. Bosch, 'Het bronzen Buddha-beeld met den gouden ushnisha', Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten 17, No. 12 (Dec. 1940), pp. 322 & 324-328.
- M. Levi d'Ancona, 'Amaravati, Ceylon and three "imported" bronzes', Art Bulletin XXXIV (1952), 'No.1, p. 15, fig. 14.
- Peter J.J. de Bruijn, 'De boeddha met de gouden ushnisha', Aziatische Kunst 28/2 (1998), pp. 18-27.
Creation
Creation
- brazier: anoniem, Oost-Java
- brazier: anonymous, Oost-Java
- brazier: anonymous, Sri Lanka (possibly) [rejected attribution]
- brazier: anoniem, Sri Lanka (possibly) [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 700 - c. 800
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Material and technique
Physical description
bronze with gold ushnisha
Material
Dimensions
height 42 cm x width 12 cm x weight 3.79 kg x weight 8 g
This work is about
Subject
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase heirs F.L. Broekveldt, 1940)
Copyright
Provenance
…; on loan from the widow F.L. Broekveldt to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1932;{Note RMA.} from her heirs, fl. 1,000, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1940;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972
Documentation
- Jan Fontein, The Sculpture of Indonesia, Washington 1990, pp. 178-179, no. 35.
- P. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Asiatic Art in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1985, p. 173, fig. 185.
- H. Härtel & J. Auboyer, Indien und Sudostasien (Propyläen Kunstgeschichte 21), p. 294, pl. 320.
- David Snellgrove (ed.), The image of the Buddha, Paris/Tokyo 1978
- Vereeniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van Indische Beeldhouwkunst, Den Haag 1922, p. 44, no. 30.
- T.B. Roorda (ed.), Choix de sculptures des Indes, La Haye 1923, Pl. X & XI.
- P. Dupont, 'Les Buddhas dits d'Amaravati en Asie du Sud-Est', Bulletin de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient XLIX (1959), pp. 632-636.
- Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer & Marijke J. Klokke, Divine Bronze, Leiden 1988, pp. 19, 24-25 & 53, no. 1.
- Sara Schastok, 'Bronzes in the Amaravati style' in Marijke J. Klokke & Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer (eds.), Ancient Indonesian Sculpture, Leiden 1994, pp. 33-35 & 45, Pl. 2.
- H.F.E. Visser, Museum van Aziatische Kunst, Amsterdam 1952, p. 68, pl. 34, no. 217.
- Ulrich von Schroeder, Buddhist sculptures of Sri Lanka, Hong Kong 1990, p. 182, Pl. 43E.
- D. Barrett, 'The later school of Amaravati and its influences', Indian Art and letters XXVIII (1954), p. 50, 52
- F.D.K. Bosch, 'Het bronzen Buddha-beeld met den gouden ushnisha', Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten 17, No. 12 (Dec. 1940), pp. 322 & 324-328.
- M. Levi d'Ancona, 'Amaravati, Ceylon and three "imported" bronzes', Art Bulletin XXXIV (1952), 'No.1, p. 15, fig. 14.
- Peter J.J. de Bruijn, 'De boeddha met de gouden ushnisha', Aziatische Kunst 28/2 (1998), pp. 18-27.
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