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A RARE POLISHED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU, KHMER PERIOD, BAPHUON STYLE, 11TH CENTURY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A RARE POLISHED SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU, KHMER PERIOD, BAPHUON STYLE, 11TH CENTURY

The Preserver of the Universe standing in samapada on a rectangular base, leaning on his mace with his primary left hand and holding the disk in his raised secondary right, wearing a short pleated sampot, tied at the front below the navel with the folds splayed across the left thigh and secured with a butterfly sash at the back, the extra material folding over at the waist. The serene face sensitively modeled with neatly incised details, such as the almond-shaped eyes, full lips, and wavy mustache. The hair piled up into an elaborate conical chignon secured by a foliate tiara.

Provenance: From a Belgian private collection.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, signs of weathering and erosion, obvious losses, nicks, scratches, structural cracks, old repairs to legs and the primary left arm. The stone with a fine, naturally grown, smooth patina overall.

Dimensions: Height 103.8 cm (excl. stand), 105 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on a metal stand. (2)

As Hinduism was the state religion during the Baphuon period the presented four-armed deity most likely represents a youthful Vishnu. The artist sculpted the figure with slightly bent knees to give it movement in an otherwise static posture. The worked sampot and crown contrast finely against the smooth body parts. Based on the developments of the previous half-century artists of the Baphuon period introduced a number of new stylistic elements and refinements. For instance, the sampot draped around the hips of male deities dips in almost V-shape below the navel with graceful folds below the belt. It passes through the legs to form a curving bow at his back. The double anchor-shaped cloth section falling to the front between the legs, known from previous periods, disappears, though returns again with the artists of the succeeding Angkor Wat period.

The Baphuon period is arguably the highpoint in depiction of both male and female form in all Khmer art. One may even say that the materialized gods from this period are handsome and well built, and the goddesses sensual and graceful. This superb figure of Vishnu is indeed elegant and naturalistic in appeal; in fact presenting the deity in an idealized human form benefiting his name as Preserver of the Universe.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Paris, 11 December 2013, lot 348
Price: EUR 121,500 or approx. EUR 146,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare and important polished sandstone figure of Vishu, Cambodia, Khmer, Baphuon style, 11th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related polished stone, modeling, and manner of carving with similar sampot and facial expression. Note the lack of legs and the size (66 cm).

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