A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, MATARAM (MEDANG) KINGDOM OF JAVA (732-1016)

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA, MATARAM (MEDANG) KINGDOM OF JAVA (732-1016) Expert’s note: The Mataram, or Medang, Kingdom (732–1016) was one of the principal powers of early medieval Java, centered first in Central Java and, from the 10th century onward, in East Java. The two names are largely used for the same polity: Medang appears as the name of the kingdom in indigenous inscriptions, while Mataram refers particularly to its Central Javanese heartland and has become widely established in modern historiography. Medang developed alongside the powerful Srivijaya Empire, the great maritime polity centered on Sumatra that dominated much of the trade through the Straits of Malacca and maintained far-reaching Buddhist networks across maritime Southeast Asia. Relations between the two spheres were complex, encompassing dynastic connections, religious and artistic exchange, as well as periods of political rivalry. Particularly important was the Buddhist Shailendra dynasty of Central Java, whose precise relationship with both Medang and Srivijaya remains debated, but whose connections with the Sumatran sphere are well documented. Consequently, Buddhist sculpture produced in Java during the Medang period may display close affinities with the broader Srivijaya artistic world without necessarily having been produced within the Srivijaya Empire itself. Indonesia. Finely cast, standing in a subtle tribhanga, the hands held in karana mudra, the right raised and the left lowered and clasping the hem of the sanghati. The robe covers both shoulders, falling in softly cascading U-shaped folds and gathering in pleated layers above the ankles. The serene face is modeled with sinuously lidded eyes beneath gently arched brows, a broad nose, and softly pursed lips forming a calm smile, flanked by elongated pendulous earlobes. The hair is arranged in tight snailshell curls covering the domed ushnisha. Dimensions: Height 34.5 cm (excl. tang), 39 cm (incl. tang) Literature comparison: Compare a closely related copper alloy figure of Buddha granting boons, Western Indonesia, dated to the 8th century, 41 cm high, exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century, 14 April-27 July 2014, cat. no. 52. Compare a closely related copper alloy figure of Buddha, Kalimantan, dated 7th-8th century, 26.7 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 1993.64. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Zacke Vienna, 17 October 2024, lot 219 Price: EUR 31,200 or approx. EUR 33,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting with similar raised folds. Note the similar size (39.6 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Zacke Vienna, 16 December 2025, lot 460 Price: EUR 14,300 or approx. EUR 15,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of casting. Note the size (46 cm incl tang).

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