Standing Buddha

East Java, Indonesia, c. 700-800, bronze, gold

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 42.0 cm x width 12.0 cm x weight 3.786 kg x weight 8 gr

Identification

Object type
Object number
AK-MAK-193
Description
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.
Catalogue reference
Choix de sculptures des Indes, pl. X, XI.

Creation

Creation
- brazier: anoniem, Oost-Java
- brazier: anoniem (possibly) [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 700 - c. 800
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Material and technique

Material
Dimensions
height 42.0 cm x width 12.0 cm x weight 3.786 kg x weight 8 gr

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
Public domain
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

- Choix de sculptures des Indes, pl. X, XI.
- David Snellgrove (ed.), The image of the Buddha, Paris/Tokyo 1978
- M. Levi d'Ancona, 'Amaravati, Ceylon and three 'imported bronzes'', Art Bulletin XXXIV (1952), fig. 14, 17
- Peter J.J. de Bruijn, 'De boeddha met de gouden ushnisha', Aziatische Kunst 28/2 (1998), pp. 18-27.
- P. Dupont, L'Archéologie mône de Dvaravati, Paris 1959
- P.H.D.H. de Silva, A catalogue of antiquities and other cultural objects from Sri lanka abroad, Colombo, 1975, p. 375 (?), pl. 74 (?).
- D. Barrett, 'The later school of Amaravati and its influences', Indian Art and letters XXVIII (1954), p. 50, 52
- Indonesiën, in Propyläen Kunstgeschichte, p. 294, Abb. 320.

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