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STATUETTE DE VAJRAPANI EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE STATUETTE DE PRAJNAPARAMITA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE
Cambodge, style d’Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle Cambodge, époque angkorienne, fin du XIIe siècle

A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VAJRAPANI A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF PRAJNAPARAMITA
Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century Cambodia, Angkor Period, late 12th century
Seated on a waisted lotus platform holding the vajra to the chest and a Prajnaparamita, is commonly portrayed with a lotus bud in her right and
ghanta at the hip. a sutra in her, now missing, left hand, she bears the third eye on her
13cm (5 1/8in) high. forehead and the continuous and undulating line of the eyebrows, the
shape of the eyes and the width of the mouth are characteristic of the
€1,500 - 2,500 late twelfth century, stand.
16.3cm (6 3/8in) high. (2).
Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired in the 1950’s-1970’s €2,000 - 3,000
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
Provenance:
Vajrasattva or Buddha of Supreme Intelligence is considered the spiritual Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired in the 1950’s-1970’s
son of Akshobya whose diminutive figurine is placed in the front of his Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
raised hair bun. The worship of this deity was quite popular during this
period with the vajra and ghanta serving as the basic implements used Prajnaparamita is one of the most important figures in Mahayana
in tantric rituals that were popular under Jayavarman VII and practiced at Buddhism and is the goddess of transcendent wisdom. Likely paired
Banteay Chhmar. with Buddha and Avalokiteshvara to form a Buddhist triad. See a
closely related example of the complete triad in the National Museum
The base is shaped like a double lotus in an inverted cone separated by of Cambodia (H.I.Jessup and J.Gollings, Masterpieces of the National
a pearl ring, all resting on a quadrangular platform which is also found Museum of Cambodia, 2006, p.9.).
on a closely related example in the Cleveland Museum of Art (1947.494)
and see S.E.Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture, Asia House Gallery, 柬埔寨 吳哥時期 十二世紀晚期 銅般若佛母立像
New York, 1969, pl.31 and M.Giteau, Khmer Sculpture and the Angkor
Civilization, London, 1965, pl.90. 來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，得自二十世紀五十至七十
柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅金剛手菩薩坐像 年代
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏
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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