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A SANDSTONE TORSO OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, PRE-ANGKOR PERIOD, ANGKOR BOREI STYLE, 7TH-8TH CENTURY
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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A SANDSTONE TORSO OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, PRE-ANGKOR PERIOD, ANGKOR BOREI STYLE, 7TH-8TH CENTURY

Powerfully carved standing in samabhanga, wearing a diaphanous sanghati, the folds elegantly draped over the elbows and gathered at the ankles, revealing the smooth contours of the form and plain sampot underneath.

Provenance: From a Belgian private collection.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, obvious losses, chips, nicks, encrustations, and signs of weathering and erosion.

Dimensions: Height 51.5 cm (excl. stand), 54.5 cm (incl. stand)

Angkor Borei was an important early center of Buddhism and temple construction before the establishment of the Khmer Empire. While Buddhist sculpture of the pre-Angkor period often also shares characteristics with contemporaneous Dvaravati art, this figure's slightly attenuated proportions marks a departure, imbuing the Buddha with a lithe, uplifted quality. Sculpture from this early period draws influence from Brahmanic sources combined with indigenous local traditions, forming a synthesis of unusual and extraordinary beauty.Exhibiting the lyricism and grace that characterizes the treatment of the body in Gupta-period India, art of the Pre-Angkor period minimizes ornamentation in order to emphasize the smooth contours of the form, thereby enhancing the figure’s sensuality in an innovative visual vocabulary. Gracefully and powerfully positioned in a frontal stance, the figure wears a simple and unpleated sampot typical of Pre-Angkor sculpture. The body is poised and appears ready to move, the chest bared and tapering towards a belly that gently rises with the intake of prana, the sacred life-breath. During the Pre-Angkor period, experimentations with art and iconography produced figures of deities imbued with an energy that would continue to reverberate throughout the duration of the Khmer empire.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 4058
Price: USD 100,000 or approx. EUR 120,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A sandstone torso of Vishnu, Khmer, Angkor Borei period, 8th/9th century
Expert remark: Compare the related manner of carving, albeit depicting a different subject. Note the size (40.6 cm) and state of preservation.

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