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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Central Java
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Indonesia
- Cultural origin
- Central Javanese
- Period
- Srivijaya period 700 - 1200 → Thailand
- Date
- 9th century
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- copper alloy
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 7.0 x 4.2 cm
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 2000
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 1.2000
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About
This seated Buddha with elongated proportions and defined facial features dates to around the 9th century and is stylistically from the Central Javanese period, drawing its influences from Buddhist images produced in Southern India around Amaravati and continuing at Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. Stylistic features which suggest this influence include the slender body and elongated face, the drape of the robe worn in the 'open mode', the subtle modelling of the 'ushnisha' and the characteristic mark of 'urma' at the centre of the forehead.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, February 2000.
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Places
Where the work was made
Central Java
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
Walking with gods, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jun 2019–05 Jan 2020
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 338 (colour illus.).
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Pratapaditya Pal, Orientations, 'Sensuous Spirituality: Hindu and Buddhist Art from the Indic Cultural Realm', pg. 80-87, Hong Kong, Sep 2000, 81 (illus.). fig.2
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Provenance
Bob and Norma Noe, pre 1998, Kentucky/United States of America
Alex Biancardi, Nov 1998, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia
Danny Biancardi, Nov 1998-Feb 2000, Australia, by descent. Purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000.