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STATUETTE DE VISHNU-VASUDEVA-NARAYAN EN ALLIAGE DE STATUETTE D’UNE DAKINI DANSANTE À QUATRE BRAS EN
CUIVRE ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE
Cambodge, style d’Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle Cambodge, style d’Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHNU-VASUDEVA-NARAYAN A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF A DANCING FOUR-ARM DAKINI
Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century
Cast in a striding position holding the attributes of Vishnu in four hands The celestial attendant is captured in an ecstatic dance wearing a
and wearing an elaborate sampot, stand. short sampot that sways between her legs and her remaining right
14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2). arms are raised and offering a boon. The arrangement of the hairstyle
and sampot follows the convention popular during the Baphuon
€2,000 - 4,000 period, stand.
18cm (7 1/8in) high. (2).
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired in the 1950’s-1970’s €3,000 - 5,000
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Provenance:
The third eye on this animated bronze would typically define his Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired from Capital Antique,
association with Shaivite tradition, however the attributes held in the Bangkok, 30 August 1967
four hands are specific to Vishnu. This conflagration of Shiva and Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Vishnu in this composition is unique to the Khmer tradition of Hindu
deities. The club in his lower left hand is short and restrained vertically Compare with a closely related example in the National Museum,
in a configuration in use only from the twelfth century. Resembling Phnom-Penh (see M.Giteau, Khmer Sculpture and the Angkor
more of a royal sceptre than a weapon, it remains the insignia of the Civilization, Fribourg, 1965, pl.79. Also see another later example
Power and symbolizes Vishnu’s sovereignty over all creatures. set within a larger superstructure defined as a yogini in the Fine Arts
Museum, Boston (22.686). For a bas relief figure with an identical
Compare with a related example in Phnom Penh Museum M.Giteau, headdress see G.de Coral-Remusat, L’Art Khmer: Les Grandes Etapes
Les Khmers, Paris, 1965, p.192, fig.81. de son Evolution, Paris, 1951, pl.XXXIV, no.117.
柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅毘濕奴-婆藪天-那羅延立像 柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅四臂空行母像

來源： 來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，得自二十世紀五十至七十 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1967年8月30日得自曼
年代 谷Capital古董店
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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