Seated Buddha, 9th century

Details

Place where the work was made: Central Java → Java → 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
Copyright: Reproduction requests
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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.

Places

Where the work was made

Central Java

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

Bibliography

Referenced in 2 publications

Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 338 (colour illus.).
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

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.