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编号 82777531
高棉,柬埔寨,吴哥窟时期。公元前12世纪。 砂岩 娜迦佛像半身像。高 15.5 厘米。非常漂亮。
编号 82777531
高棉,柬埔寨,吴哥窟时期。公元前12世纪。 砂岩 娜迦佛像半身像。高 15.5 厘米。非常漂亮。
Bust of a Naga seated Buddha
Khmer, Cambodia, Angkor Wat Period, 12th century BC
Sandstone
15,5 cm height with a metal stand.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Vesailles, France, 1970 - 1980.
CONDITION: Very good.
During one of the weeks following his enlightenment, the Buddha Shakyamuni was sheltered from the rain by a serpent known as a "naga." In Cambodia, the naga, in the form of a multi-headed hooded cobra, was considered to be the spirit of the irrigating rivers and canals as well as a rainbow-bridge to heaven. This sculpture is carved from arkosic wacke, a type of sandstone rich in the mineral feldspar, which gives it a crystalline quality.
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