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A sANdsTONe sTATue
OF lAKshMI OR duRgA,
PhNOM dA sTyle,
7Th ceNTuRy
The statue’s fragmentary condition
provides no final proof to
whether it depicts the goddess
Durga or Lakshmi. The statues
of both deities, like the present
lot, have four arms (caturbhuja).
The emphasis on the physical
characteristics of the deity’s
femininity, however, may indicate
it is indeed Lakshmi, as she is the
personification of female beauty
and as such, the consort of Vishnu.
Provenance: Belgian private
collection, by repute acquired
during the earlier 1970s. Thence
by descent.
condition: Wear, natural
weathering, losses and fissures
as well as extensive patina all
around. Overall as expected for
a statue from this period.
scientific Report: A certificate
of analysis (certificat d’analyse)
issued by re. S. Artes,
Bordeaux, France, on May 19th,
2016, number r 142481A-2,
ascertains that the samples
analyzed were exposed to a
“long period” of aging and are
“consistent with an age of 800
years or more”. A copy of this
report is accompanying this lot.
Weight: 27.4 kg (incl. base)
Dimensions: Height 86 cm (incl.
base) and 76.5 cm (excl. base)
The lack of ringlets peering from
under the elongated, cylindrical
mitre (kiritamukata) and the
elegantly swung drapery of the loop
that fixes the sarong both point to
a possible origin from Funan, and a
dating of the present statue to the
mid to late 6th century.
Mounted on an associated metal
base. (2)
Literature comparison: Angkor.
Göttliches Erbe Kambodschas,
Kunsthalle der BRD, Bonn 2007,
p.61-62.
Art and Archeology of Fu Nan, J.
Khoo, Bangkok 2004, p. 47. Dupont,
P., Art de Dvaravati et Art Khmer,
Les Buddhas debout de l‘époque du
Bayon, revue des Arts Asiatiques,
X, p. 63-75.
Dupont, P., La Statuaire
Préangkorienne, Ascona
1955, Planche XXXIX B, XLIII A.
Entdeckungen, Skulpturen der
Khmer und Thai, Stuttgart 1989, p.
50-52. Angkor, De Fabiani, Vercelli
2002, p. 31.

estimate euR 6.000,-
Starting price EUr 3.000,-

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