 Sandstone head of a Jain Tirthankara (Jina). Current and Past Exhibitions
5. Sandstone head of a Jain Tirthankara (Jina). Northern India, Probably Uttar Pradesh.10th - 11th century.H. 15 cms, 6 ins.An exquisite pale buff sandstone head of a Jain Tirthankara (Jina), sensitively modelled with a benign, tranquil expression beneath bow-shaped brows. The principal Jain pantheon consists of twenty-four Tirthankaras (or saviours), the first being Rishabhanatha and the last Mahavira. A Tirthankara, or Jina has successfully passed through all the cycles of rebirth to create a passage for believers. Mahavira (c. 599-527 BC) was a historical figure and a near contemporary of the Buddha. For a comparable head, see fig. 53 in J. C. Harle and A. Topsfield, Indian Art in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1987.
|  Pink sandstone figure of a recumbent Nandi Bull Current and Past Exhibitions
16. Rare and important pink sandstone figure of arecumbent Nandi Bull.Vietnam, Cham period, circa 9th century.L. 56 cms, 22 ins.Provenance: Private English Collection. Purchased from Spink and Son Ltd in 1996. Published as no. 51 in Spink catalogue, Legacies of Ancient Civilisations: A Selection of Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art, 1996. Reference: Fig. 210 in E. Guillon, Cham Art: Treasures from the Da Nang Museum, Vietnam. Bangkok: River Books, 2001.
|  Greyish brown sandstone head of the Buddha Muchalinda Current and Past Exhibitions
11. Greyish brown sandstone head of the Buddha Muchalinda. Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon style.Late 12th — early 13th century.H. 35 cms, 13 ¾ ins. Provenance: Private Swiss Collection, acquired between1945-1975.Reference: See catalogue no. 94 in Angkor et dix siècles d’art Khmer, Exhibition catalogue, Paris: Reunion des Musées Nationaux, 1997.
|  Grey sandstone torso of an apsara Current and Past Exhibitions
10. Grey sandstone torso of an apsara (a devata or celestial dancer).Khmer, Angkor period, Angkor Wat style.12th century.H. 31 cms, 12 ¼ ins. Provenance: Private Swiss Collection, acquired between1945-1975.Reference: See cat. 121 in M. Giteau, Khmer Sculpture and the Angkor Civilisation, London: Thames and Hudson, 1965.
|  Bronze standing Buddha Current and Past Exhibitions
18. Bronze standing Buddha. Thailand, Mon period, Dvaravati style, 8th century .H. 24 cms, 9 ½ ins.Provenance: Private Japanese Collection. Reference: See colour pl. 5 in Dorothy H. Fickle, Images of the Buddha in Thailand, Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1989.
|  Bronze seated Buddha Current and Past Exhibitions
12. Bronze seated Buddha. Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon style.Late 12th - early 13th century.H. 17 cms, 6 ¾ ins.Provenance: Private Japanese Collection.Reference: See catalogue no. 14 in P. Krairiksh, Khmer Bronzes: A Selection from the Suan Phka Tevoda Collection, Lugano: Corner Bank Ltd, 1982.
|  Bronze seated Buddha Current and Past Exhibitions
9. Bronze seated Buddha.Laos, 19th century.H. 50 cms, 19 ½ ins.A deep brown patinated bronze figure of a Buddha, seated on a high pedestal with his right hand in bhumisparsimudra (the gesture of ‘summoning the earth to witness’), the face smiling and serene beneath a conical usnisha rising to a lotus bud knop.Reference: For two similar 19th century Buddhas see page 242 (lower left and right) in S. Lopetcharat, Lao Buddha: The Image and Its History, Bangkok: Siam International Book Company, 2000.
|  Bronze head of the Buddha
2. Bronze head of the Buddha.Burma, Pagan, circa. 12th century.H. 17 cms, 6 ¾ ins.Provenance: Private English collection.Reference: See no. 15 in P. Strachan, Pagan: Art and Architecture of Old Burma,Kiscadale Publications, 1989.
|  Bronze figure of Buddha
3. Bronze figure of Buddha seated in bhumisparsimudra.Burma, Mandalay period, 19th century.H. 23.5 cms, 9 1/4 ins.Provenance: Private English collection.Reference: See no. 8 in J. Lowry, Burmese Art, London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1974.
|  Bronze comb decorated with mythical beasts Current and Past Exhibitions
17. Bronze comb decorated with mythical beasts. China, Eastern Zhou, 770-221 BC.H. 8.7 cms, 3 3/8 ins.Provenance: Private English Collection.Reference: See cat. No. 14, p. 93, in J. M. White and E. C. Bunker, Adornment for Eternity: Status and Rank in Chinese Ornament, Denver Art Museum, 1994.
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