Fragment of a bronze Buddha head, 16th-17th century Ayutthaya Thailand

• Comes out of the collection Asiatic Art from Erik Maten and Hans van der Veer (city Deventer, the Netherlands).  This statue was bought at Galerie de Ruimte in Eersel, the Netherlands.
• Maten (Indologist and lawyer) and Van der Veer (metalographer) primarily collected South and South-East Asian sculptures, especially bronzes, supplemented with a number of tangkas and Japanese scroll paintings and prints.
• Interest in Asian art emerged early, particularly for Erik Maten, who studied Sanskrit between 1964 and 1970 at Utrecht University under the renowned Professor Gronda. He also took Art History as a minor at the Municipal University of Amsterdam, where he studied with the notable Professor Van Lohuizen. Additionally, he pursued Law at the University of Amsterdam. In 1974, the partners met in Arnhem and began collecting together. Their first acquisition was a large stone Buddha head from Thailand, purchased from the Siam Gallery, which was run by former pilot Frits Vlieger. They became regular buyers there, often benefiting from the option to pay in installments – an important advantage for new collectors with modest incomes.

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