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A SANDSTONE FIGURE OF HARIHARA, PRE-ANGKORIAN PERIOD
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A SANDSTONE FIGURE OF HARIHARA, PRE-ANGKORIAN PERIOD

Mekong Delta, late 7th-early 8th century. Finely carved standing in samabhanga, wearing a short sampot tied at the waist with an elegant fold hanging at the front, the hair arranged in a tall smooth kiritamakuta on the left side representing Vishnu (Hari), and a braided jatamakuta on the right side representing Shiva (Hara).

His powerful body and serene face are masterfully modeled, marked by the slender waist, strong chest, and broad shoulders as well as the almond-shaped eyes with neatly incised lids and pupils, centered by a third eye, and full lips forming a subtle smile, flanked by long pendulous earlobes.

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

Dimensions: Height 63 cm (excl. stand), 66 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on a metal stand. (2)

Emerging from the syncretic tendencies within Brahmanic religion, the god Harihara gained significant importance during this period, offering devotees the dual protection of Vishnu and Shiva. This era was characterized by a variety of artistic styles, which often overlapped, reflecting the dynamic and diverse cultural influences of the time. In contrast to the later Angkorian period, where a more uniform artistic style prevailed, this period's diversity highlighted a rich tapestry of evolving aesthetic expressions.

In Harihara imagery, Shiva is represented as the right half of the deity, his vertical third eye, lightly incised into the forehead, truncated at the Vishnu divide. The facial features are undifferentiated, unlike in their Indian counterparts, where a masculine and feminine cast is given to each half. This Harihara makes clear the extent to which the Khmer conception differentiated the two deities only in the partition of the headdress into a combined jatamukuta-miter, the subtly carved pleats to the left side of the sampot, and in the provision of half of a third eye on Shiva’s side. The popularity of this hybrid deity was largely confined to the seventh century in Cambodia.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related pre-Angkorian sandstone figure of Harihara, 90.2 cm tall, dated late 7th-early 8th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1977.241, and exhibited in Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century, 14 April-27 July 2014, cat. no. 92.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s Paris, 20 November 2003, lot 407
Price: EUR 43,475 or approx. EUR 61,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A sandstone figure of Vishnu, pre-Angkor, Phnom Da style, 7th century
Expert remark: Compare the related manner of carving with similar central fold. Note the size (43 cm) and different subject.

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