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A SANDSTONE TORSO OF A MALE DEITY, KHMER PERIOD, ANGKOR WAT STYLE, 12TH CENTURY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A SANDSTONE TORSO OF A MALE DEITY, KHMER PERIOD, ANGKOR WAT STYLE, 12TH CENTURY

Powerfully carved standing in samabhanga, wearing a short sampot neatly incised with parallel pleats, secured by a belt with double fish-tail textile sections falling to the front and a butterfly knot at the back.

Provenance: From a Belgian private collection.
Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, signs of weathering and erosion, obvious losses, nicks, scratches, nibbling, and encrustations.

Dimensions: Height 46 cm (excl. stand), 58 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on a metal stand. (2)

Angkor Wat, erected by King Suryavarman II (r. 1113-circa 1150), the great ruler of the Khmer Empire, was built both as the royal temple complex dedicated to the Hindu deity Vishnu and as the ruler’s personal mausoleum. The magnitude of this building program underscored the intention of the King to establish his authority and strength as a leader. By linking himself directly to Vishnu, the deity associated with restoring cosmic order, he legitimized his spiritual and worldly power. This is captured aesthetically in the sturdy figural proportions and powerfully frontal images created during his time, evident here in this present sculpture of Vishnu.

The style of Angkor Wat
harkens back to the earlier styles of the Bakheng, Koh Ker, and Pre Rup traditions of the tenth century, rather than the preceding style of the Baphuon period. Lerner states that for a “ruler concerned with martial campaigns and responsible for such a gigantic personal monument as Angkor Wat, the Baphuon figural style may have appeared too consciously unheroic and sensuous.” (see Martin Lerner, Ancient Khmer Sculpture, New York, 1994, p. 46). Instead, rather than soft contours, each element has weight.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related sandstone torso of a male deity, 71 cm high, dated to the 12th century, in the British Museum, accession number 2002,0330.2.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 23 September 2004, lot 64
Price: USD 23,900 or approx. EUR 37,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A sandstone torso of a deity, Khmer, Angkor period, Bakheng style, 10th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related modeling and manner of carving. This figure is of the earlier Pre-Rup style, mid-10th century, but the similar treatment of the sampot and fishtail sash belie the influence this style had on the present lot. Note the size (48.8 cm).

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