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STATUETTE DE DIKPALAKA AGENOUILLÉ EN GRÈS
Cambodge, style du Baphuon, XIe siècle
A SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A KNEELING DIKPALAKA
Cambodia, Baphuon style, 11th century
Characteristic of Baphuon period the hair is arranged in a rounded
sphere of braids and a conforming topknot secured by a string of
rudraksha beads. His face with delicate features and fleshy bifid lower
lip. He kneels upon a lotus platform wearing a pleated sampot with a
fish-tail tie at the back, stand.
35.5cm (14in) high. (2).

€15,000 - 20,000

Provenance:
Swiss private collection, circa 1925 (by repute)
French private collection
Loudmer auction, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 December 1996, lot 277
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021), acquired at the above sale
Dikpalaka, are also known as Lokpala (the worldly guardians). In
Southeast Asia, the depiction of Dikpalaka and Navagriha in Khmer art
was usually presented in the form of nine-deity panels. These included
four deities associated with planets: Surya, Chandra, Rahu and Ketu,
and then the five Dikpala: Indra, Kubera, Yama, Varuna and Agni.
It is likely that this Dikpalaka was from a sculptural mandala, the
circular arrangement of Hindu sacred objects, with a principal god at
the centre. The well-defined vertical third-eye would indicate affiliation
with Shiva, but in the absence of a defined attribute in his remaining
hand or the vehicle that would been place below, the designation is
not clear. A closely related figure in the National Museum Phnom Phen
(N.Dalsheimer, L’art du Cambodge ancien, Paris 2001, p.136, no.58)
in the same posture and sampot style is described as Shiva. Also,
compare the facial type with an example in the Musee Guimet, Paris
(MG 18949).

A unique feature of this figure is the presence of a skeletal defect on
his back to create the impression of a ‘hunchback’. This is a very rare
representation of this human defect that is shared with a small number
of examples. For a full discussion and examples from Ankor area, see
L.Malleret, “Bossus et Nains dans la sculpture en Extrême-Orient,” in
Arts asiatiques, vol.20, 1969, pp.121-133, pls.III-IV.
柬埔寨 巴方風格 十一世紀 砂岩方位護法像

來源：
瑞士私人收藏，約1925年（傳）
法國私人收藏
Loudmer拍賣行，Hotêl Drouot，巴黎，1996年12月18日，編號277
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏，得自上述拍賣

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