Howdy foofooyou-ga,
I have done some more work on pricing and finding examples of your piece.
Your piece appears to be 19th century Burmese (Myanmar) in the jambhupati
or jambupati (royal or king) style, with the hands in the bhumisparsha or
bhumisparsa mudra (earth touching) position. This is also called the Shan
style.
The Pasadena, California based Pacific Asia Museum has the "cousin" of your
piece in its collection.
http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/buddhism/html/image3-6.htm
"Crowned Buddha - Burma (Myanmar), 19th century - Lacquered and gilded wood"
For pricing, here are some examples of pieces of the same style and size,
which appears to be large for these types of pieces. These are located
on the Bali, Indonesia based Karma Bali web site.
http://www.karmabali.com/
Sitting Buddha - Circa: 19th century - Shan, Myanmar - 31.2" tall - $600
http://www.karmabali.com/karmagallery/gallery-image-pages/kg0072.htm
Sitting Buddha - Circa: 19th century - Shan, Myanmar - 33.2" tall - $800
http://www.karmabali.com/karmagallery/gallery-image-pages/kg0094.htm
All of the following are contingent on your piece being authentic, which
only someone that examines it in person can determine.
Downsides of your piece is that there is very little gilding left, lots of
damage, and it is not a bronze which people seem to prefer. The upside is
that your piece is downright large. Your piece most probably dates from
the early to late 19th century, and I think that it is placed in the middle
of that, around 1840-1860 or so. Could be later than that, but doubtful
that it is earlier than 1810. Only carbon dating and ring counting on the
wood could produce an accurate date.
If authentic, your piece might go for a few hundred to maybe a thousand.
Because of the damage, I am thinking the lower end of that range, around
$200 to $400. I still think an auction would be the best place to sell
it. Best if done in an auction of other Southeastern Asian art as well.
If it is older, then it could go for more.
Nenna-GA is absolutely right in that authenticating, pricing and placing
an age on your piece is best done by an expert in the field that can
actually see and handle the piece. Myoarin makes a good point about
showing the images to a dealer at a major trade fair for Asian art and
seeing what they think.
If you need any clarification, please feel free to ask.
Search strategy:
Google search on: Buddha carved wood OR wooden
://www.google.com/search?q=Buddha+carved+wood+OR+wooden
Google search on: Buddha carved wood OR wooden crown OR crowned
://www.google.com/search?q=Buddha+carved+wood+OR+wooden+crown+OR+crowned
Google search on: Buddha crowned OR crown Burmese OR Myanmar OR Burma
://www.google.com/search?q=Buddha+crowned+OR+crown+Burmese+OR+Myanmar+OR+Burma
Google search on: Shan Buddha Burmese OR Myanmar OR Burma
://www.google.com/search?q=Shan+Buddha+Burmese+OR+Myanmar+OR+Burma
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Request for Answer Clarification by
foofooyou-ga
on
19 Aug 2005 11:06 PDT
Thank you denco-ga for your answer. For the price, that is a good
answer and gets me going in the right direction. There have been good
comments too. Can you please explain a few things:
How did you arrive at this conclusion (what sources, references, etc):
"Your piece most probably dates from the early to late 19th century,
and I think that it is placed in the middle of that, around 1840-1860
or so. Could be later than that, but doubtful that it is earlier than
1810."
Thanks again!
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Clarification of Answer by
denco-ga
on
19 Aug 2005 19:20 PDT
Howdy foofooyou-ga,
Here are some references for dating your piece, if indeed it is shown
to be authentic.
An early 19th to mid-19th century Burmese Buddha.
http://www.trocadero.com/mandalayroadtrading/items/430279/item430279.html
"The spiked hair, facial characteristics, placement of the ushnisha,
uniformity of finger length, and the simplicity of the robing help to
date this to the 19th century, possibly the first half as it lacks the
features of the Mandalay style which came to dominate much of Burmese
Bhuddist art during the latter half of the century."
Here, a piece dated to the first quarter of the 19th century.
http://www.asianart.com/phpforum/index.php?method=detailAll&Id=8063
"... I would think 1st Q 19th century over 18th century, given the rather
squared body form and square shoulders."
So, from the "cousin" piece at the Pacific Asia Museum we know your piece
appears to be 19th century, and most probably not early 19th century
because of style changes in the late 18th to mid-19th century.
Here is a late 19th century piece.
http://www.lasieexotique.com/current_feature/UH10059CF.html
"Burmese Arakan crowned Buddha image in jambhupati style, the Buddha as
king ... Late 19th Century."
The following is early 20th century.
http://www.lasieexotique.com/current_feature/UH10056CF.html
"Burmese Arakan crowned Buddha image in jambhupati style, the Buddha as
king ... Early 20th Century."
Note that by the late 19th and early 20th century, the style was getting
more of a decorative or even more stylized nature, and not as "pure" as
your piece seems.
So, if you go between early and late 19th century, you end up in the range
that I provided. I would also venture, by the lack of detail of the robe
in places and the general condition, that if authentic, the piece is one
of a "primitive" nature and might even be a "cave" Buddha as well.
Again, carbon dating and ring counting of the wood is probably the only
way to possibly get an accurate dating of the piece.
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