KHMER, BAYON STYLE, LATE 12TH/EARLY 13TH CENTURY

細節

A Bronze Figure of Buddha Muchalinda
Khmer, Bayon Style, late 12th/early 13th Century
Well cast and sensitively modeled with Buddha seated in meditation on the coils of Muchalinda, rising to form a seven-headed hood sheltering Buddha, his face with a serene expression with downcast eyes and hands held in his lap in dhyana mudra holding a stupa or fruit, the faces of the nagas well defined and with incised scales retaining original gilding, with a smooth deep brown patina overall
11½ in. (29.1 cm.) high

來源

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Eilenberg (before 1961)

出版

A. Reinhardt, Khmer Sculpture, 1961, fig. 22 (K), p. 46.
J. Boisselier, 'Khmer Sculpture', book review, Artibus Asiae, vol. XXV, 1 (1962), p. 86 [22 (K)], confirming late 12th/early 13th century date.
S. Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture, 1969, fig. 54, p. 92.
A. Le Bonheur, 'Sherman E. Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture', book review, Artibus Asiae, vol. XXXIII, 3 (1971), p. 241 [54.], arguing against an identification as Bhaishajyaguru.

展覽

New York, Asia House Gallery, Khmer Sculpture, 1961, pl. 22 (K), p. 46,
New York, The Asia Society, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture, 1969, cat. no. 54.

拍品專文

When a storm raged and torrential rain poured for a whole week, the king of the nagas, Muchalinda, rose from the earth, coiling its body to form a seat and swelling its great hood to shelter Buddha.
Few early examples of this type appear to be recorded. The well- modeled naga hood in later stylistic development dissolves into greater ornamentation; compare to an in situ example of a stone sculpture of Buddha Muchalinda, in M. Freeman and R. Warner, Angkor, The Hidden Glories, 1990, ill. p. 128.