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STATUETTE DE BOUDDHA SOUS MUCHALINDA EN ALLIAGE DE STATUETTE DE DEVI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE
CUIVRE Cambodge, style d’Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle
Cambodge, style d’Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF DEVI
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA UNDER MUCHALINDA Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century
Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century The Devi stands in a frontal position with both hands raised hold the
The king of the nagas, Muchalinda, rose from the earth, coiling his body to fragments of lotuses, wearing a tubular sampot defined by broad
form a seat swelling his great hood to shelter Buddha beneath his seven- pleats and a double-ridged fish-tail sash, stand.
headed canopy. Buddha is wearing a short loincloth around his waist, 18cm (7 1/8in) high. (2).
adorned with elaborate jewellery, a crown or headdress surrounding his
hair piled high and surmounted by a conical ushnisha, his face with serene €2,000 - 3,000
expression, downcast eyes and hands held in his lap holding a stupa or fruit.
18cm (7 1/8in) high. Provenance:
€2,000 - 3,000 Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired in the 1950’s-1970’s
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired in the 1950’s-1970’s Previously attached to a larger platform of a Brahmanic triad, this figure
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) probably represents Devi, holding in each of his hands the remains of
what were likely lotus buttons. The physiognomy, the adornment and
This iconic image of Siddartha Guatama’s pursuit of enlightenment the sampot are indicative of the Angkor Wat style the middle of the
shows the scene when torrential rain threatened to drown him. Few early 12th century.
examples of this type appear to be recorded and the cult coincided with
the rule of Jayavarman VII, who built the great royal temple at Banteay 柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅提毘立像
Chhmar. Embracing Buddhism with fever, he aligned himself with the
image of the Buddha seated on a serpent, as the divine form under which 來源：
he would be venerated. Compare with a closely related example in the 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，得自二十世紀五十至七十
Eilenberg Collection, see S.E.Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture, Asia 年代
House Gallery, New, York, 1969, p.92, fig.54, and two other examples in 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
G.Coedès, Bronzes Khmers, 1923, plate XXI, figs 1 and 2; and another
sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 2002, lot 11 and J.Menzies,
Buddha: Radiant Awakening, Sydney, 2001, cat. no.93, pp.128–129.

柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅目支鄰陀龍王護佛坐像
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，得自二十世紀五十至七十年代
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
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