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Lot 80
STATUETTE DE VISHAKARMAN EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE Thaïlande, Lopburi, XIIIe siècle
25 – 27 October 2022, 10:30 CEST
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STATUETTE DE VISHAKARMAN EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE
Thaïlande, Lopburi, XIIIe siècle
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHAKARMAN
Thailand, Lopburi, 13th century
Defined by the handle of adze held in his right hand, the celestial architect faces frontal kneeling in his distinct pose. His long torso is adorned with a short, pleated sampot which folds down into his lap and a large mass of overhanging pleated fabric at the back. Three lines incised across his abdomen are revealed, indicating folds of the flesh similar to those found around his neck. His beaded armbands wide pectoral are adorned with pearls and leaf motifs, bud-shaped earrings hang to his shoulders, and vertical rows of braids are upswept in a towering coiffure framed by a narrow foliate diadem, stand. 18.4cm (7 1/4in) high. (2).
A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF VISHAKARMAN
Thailand, Lopburi, 13th century
Defined by the handle of adze held in his right hand, the celestial architect faces frontal kneeling in his distinct pose. His long torso is adorned with a short, pleated sampot which folds down into his lap and a large mass of overhanging pleated fabric at the back. Three lines incised across his abdomen are revealed, indicating folds of the flesh similar to those found around his neck. His beaded armbands wide pectoral are adorned with pearls and leaf motifs, bud-shaped earrings hang to his shoulders, and vertical rows of braids are upswept in a towering coiffure framed by a narrow foliate diadem, stand. 18.4cm (7 1/4in) high. (2).
Footnotes
Provenance:
Mr. Pila, Plenipotentiary Minister of France to the Kingdom of Siam
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired from the above in 1926
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
It was during the great building projects commenced by King Jayavarman VII (r.1181-1291) that Vishvakarman iconography became popular within the Khmer empire. The embodiment of a sculptor, architect and priest, the deity is Hindu in origin and was first referred to in the Vedas and Puranas. Regardless, during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, his image of revered by both Buddhists and Hindu worshippers in the region. Not only were bronzes cast prolifically cast in Cambodia, but also many remain extant from Khmer territory in Thailand in the thirteenth century when Brahmanic casting was rare, see J. Boisselier and J. Beurdeley, The Heritage of Thai Sculpture, 1975, pp.124-125.
The present lot is a part of this later group from Lopburi and he shows strong influence Bayon elements in his modelling and facial form. Compare with a smaller and less refined example in the Suan Pakkad Palace Collection, see M.C.S.Diskul et al., The Suan Pakkad Palace Collection, 1982, no.26, p.47 and Bonhams New York, 19 March 2012, lot 1142.
泰國 華富里 十三世紀 銅毘首羯磨坐像
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1926年得自法國駐暹羅全權公使Pila先生
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏