TÊTE DE DIVINITÉ EN GRÈS

Cambodge, style du Bayon, fin du XIIe/début du XIIIe siècle

Footnotes

Provenance:
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired from Smit Gallery, Bangkok, 19 April 1965
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Sherman Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture, Asia House Gallery, New York, October 1969, p.85, no.48

A noted by Sherman Lee in the ground breaking exhibition on Cambodian sculpture at the Asian House Gallery in New York in 1969 'This fragment of a male head- probably that of a Buddha- although very incomplete, gives another version of the Bayon sculptural type. The stylised, bead-shaped locks arranged in vertical rows, the thick projecting eyebrows, the closed eyes with well-formed lids, and the sensuous mouth with its corners raised in a smile.'

This magnificent fragment of the time of Jayavarman VII captures, despite the section lost, an emotion that no other work of Khmer art from earlier period had managed to deliver. The youthful face already wears all signs of maturity. The high forehead and very thick eyebrow give a feature of naturalistic interpretation that connect, like many sculpture of the period with the portrait of Jayavarma VII (see H.I.Jessup and T.Zephir, Sculptures of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Washington 1997, p.301, no.89). The serene expression is amplified by the eye, closed in a deep meditation, conveying total introspection and perfect tranquility. Also see H.I.Jessup and T.Zephir, Sculptures of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Washington 1997, pp.305-315, nos.92-98.

Executed in a very fine sandstone whose quality was reserved for exceptional pieces, this head is the testimony of the magnificence of the Bayon period and the work of an inspired artist.

柬埔寨 巴戎寺風格 十二世紀末/十三世紀初 砂岩像首

來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1965年4月19日得自曼谷Smit藝廊
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

展覽著錄：
Sherman Lee, 《Ancient Cambodian Sculpture》，Asia House畫廊，紐約，1969年10月，頁85，編號48