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柬埔寨吳哥窟前 砂岩 前吳哥窟,柬埔寨砂岩門楣上刻有毘濕奴的夢想與梵天的誕生。 108 公分長。
編號 82777531
編號 82777531
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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