拍品 60
60
A Rare Bronze Figure of Prajnaparamita
Property from the Collection of Nathan L. Halpern
A Rare Bronze Figure of Prajnaparamita

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

細節
A Rare Bronze Figure of Prajnaparamita
Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon Style, late 12th/early 13th Century
The eleven-headed deity finely cast with her legs tucked under in sattvaparyankasana with her arms radiating around her, her smooth diaphanous sampot secured with an elegantly pleated sash, the principal heads tightly clustered in all directions and crowned by an image of Amitabha, with a silvery green patina overall
7½ in. (18.9 cm.) high
來源
Acquired in 1987

拍品專文

Prajnaparamita denotes the highest wisdom of Buddha, the path that leads to that wisdom, as well as the instructional texts describing the spiritual training required. The deity personifies all of this at once.
Seated figures are rare; compare with a smaller figure in the National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, see H. Jessup and T. Zéphir (eds.), Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Millenium of Glory, 1997, cat. no. 104, p. 321.