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GROUPE REPRÉSENTANT VISHNU
PORTÉ PAR GARUDA EN ALLIAGE
DE CUIVRE
Cambodge, style d’Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle
A COPPER ALLOY GROUP DEPICTING
VISHNU ON GARUDA
Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century
This configuration shows Garuda in his role as
vahana carrying Vishnu, the god benevolent,
guardian and saviour of the world protector of
humans. The garuda is a mythical bird that is as
well represented in Brahmanic iconography as
well as Buddhist. His hybrid body is humanoid,
his bust and thighs are feathered, its head is
that of a bird of prey with a hooked beak, its
eyes are globular and its ears similar to those of
a man. Vishnu is shown in a dynamic posture
with one foot resting on the tail of the mythical
animal and the other on his shoulder, stand.
20cm (7 7/8 in) high. (2).
€6,000 - 8,000

Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981),
acquired from Peng Seng, Bangkok,
21 December 1968
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Under Suryavarman II, who ascended the
throne in 1113, Vishnu was elevated to higher
prominence and became an state symbol.
A closely related example is in The Walters
Art Gallery, Baltimore (H.W.Woodward, The
Sacred Sculpture of Thailand, 1997, cat.
no.17) and in Baptise and Zephir L’Art khmer
dans les collections du musée Guimet, Paris,
2008, p. 241 , no. 70. Also compare with
P.Pal, The Sensuous Immortals. A Selection
of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection,
Los Angeles 1978, no.152 and another in The
Norton Simon Museum of Art (F.1972.16.1.S).

柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅毗濕奴與迦
樓羅像
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，
於1968年12月21日得自曼谷Peng Seng古董
店巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset
（1936-2021）舊藏