Object Title
Bodhisattva, Maitreya or Avalokiteshvara
Measurements
H x W x D: 35x 9.8 x 7 cm (13 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 2 3/4)
Creation Date
7th century
Credit Line
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Ann and Gilbert Kinney
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/edan/object.php?q=fsg_S2015.24
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
For Thailand - Created prior to 1782
Provenance Information
Before 1971: Bobby Ellsworth, New York City
1971: Collection of John and Emmy Bunker
To 1991: Carter Burden (1941-1996), New York
1991: Sale Sotheby’s, New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, March 27, 1991, lot 187
2004: Sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, October 12, 2004, lot 123
2008: Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art, September 19, 2008, lot 291
From 2008 Mr and Mrs Gilbert H. Kinney, purchased at Sotheby’s, New York on September 19, 2008
1971: Collection of John and Emmy Bunker
To 1991: Carter Burden (1941-1996), New York
1991: Sale Sotheby’s, New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Art, March 27, 1991, lot 187
2004: Sale, Christie’s, Amsterdam, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, October 12, 2004, lot 123
2008: Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art, September 19, 2008, lot 291
From 2008 Mr and Mrs Gilbert H. Kinney, purchased at Sotheby’s, New York on September 19, 2008
Exhibition Information
"Art of the Gift: Recent Acquisitions", Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, July 24 - December 13, 2015
Publication Information
Boisselier, Jean, Notes Sur l’Art Du Bronze Dans L’ancien Cambodge, pp. 275–334, Artibus Asiae, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Vol. XXIX, 4, 1967, pps 285, 305-310
Leidy, Denise P. Prakhon Chai and the Art of Southeast Asia in the 7th to 9th Centuries, Arts of Asia, Vol. 30, July/August 2000, no. 4, p. 28-41
Bunker E.C. “Pre-Angkor Period bronzes from Pra kon Chai.” Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 25, 3, (1971), 70-73, fig. 9
Sotheby’s Catalog. Indian and Southeast Asian Art exh. cat. New York, March 1991: fig. 187
Christie’s Catalog. Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art exh. cat. Amsterdam, October 2004: fig. 123, 45
Sotheby’s Catalog. Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art exh. cat. New York, September 2008: fig. 291, p. 120
Leidy, Denise P. Prakhon Chai and the Art of Southeast Asia in the 7th to 9th Centuries, Arts of Asia, Vol. 30, July/August 2000, no. 4, p. 28-41
Bunker E.C. “Pre-Angkor Period bronzes from Pra kon Chai.” Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 25, 3, (1971), 70-73, fig. 9
Sotheby’s Catalog. Indian and Southeast Asian Art exh. cat. New York, March 1991: fig. 187
Christie’s Catalog. Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art exh. cat. Amsterdam, October 2004: fig. 123, 45
Sotheby’s Catalog. Indian and Southeast Asian Works of Art exh. cat. New York, September 2008: fig. 291, p. 120
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
It has been well published that the Prakhon Chai hoard (from which this item was found) was discovered in 1964 and its objects dispersed by mid-1960’s, see above noted 1967 article by Jean Boisselier.