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A RARE SANDSTONE FIGURE OF BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA, PHNOM DA STYLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 7TH-EARLY
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04月10日 下午5点 开拍
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A RARE SANDSTONE FIGURE OF BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA, PHNOM DA STYLE, SECOND HALF OF THE 7TH-EARLY 8TH CENTURYMekong Delta, Southern Vietnam. Superbly carved standing in samabhanga atop a pair of lotus blooms, the hands lowered to the sides, the left holding a lotus bud evoking Padmapani, the lotus-bearer form of Avalokiteshvara. Dressed in a pleated dhoti secured to the waist by a foliate belt, a design repeated in the torque. The serene face with incised almond-shaped eyes, rounded cheeks, and full lips forming a gentle smile, flanked by ears with pendulous lobes. His head is framed by an elliptical nimbus (mukhamandala) that extends upward to form the flaming shrine of the meditating Amitabha Buddha, seated atop a lotus throne on tiered locks of hair.Provenance: From an important private collection in London, United Kingdom, acquired in the early 1990s. By repute found in Tra Vinh, Southern Vietnam, in the mid-20th century.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, weathering, erosion. Losses, scattered nicks and scratches, structural cracks, an old repair around the waist.Weight: 23.1 kgDimensions: Height 75.1 (excl. stand), 81.5 (incl. stand)Stylistically, the present lot relates to the school of sculpture associated with the pre-Angkorian center of Phnom Da, southern Cambodia, evinced in the slightly flexed posture, cascading locks of hair, and patterning of the torque and belt. The belt is incised with jewels set amid vegetal patterns, a design repeated in the torque, both intended to evoke the gold jewelry of the period and share the vocabulary of the central Cambodian Prei Kmeng style of the second half of the seventh century. The end of the skirt has a splayed and pleated fishtail design, visible below the belt - a feature also shared with other seventh-century sculptures in the region.Gracefully sweeping folds extend the full length of the robe, defining the contours of the body, a treatment developed most fully in the Phnom Da style. The figure is partially liberated from the block of stone: the upper half is worked fully in the round, with openwork arms, but the hands are still supported by solid shafts of stone that extend to the base, and the legs remain embedded in the block.In all, these characteristics place the sculpture in a late seventh-or early eighth-century setting and suggest a cultural sharing with the workshops of the Phnom Da school. The discovery of this major cult icon in the Mekong delta serves as a reminder of the interconnectedness of religious centers and their workshop practices in this period. Extensive waterway systems in the delta also raised the potential for quarried stone and finished images to travel considerable distances.Literature comparison: Compare also a closely related sandstone figure of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Southern Vietnam, second half of the 7th-early 8th century, 188 cm high, in the Musee Guimet, accession number MA5063, and exhibited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia, 5th to 8th Century, 14 April-27 July 2014, cat. no. 137.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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