A bronze figure of Prajnaparamita

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

细节

A bronze figure of Prajnaparamita
Khmer, Angkor period, Bayon style, late 12th/early 13th century
Standing on a round base with her eighteen arms outstretched and ten heads stacked, wearing a sampot with fishtail pleating in front secured by an elaborate belt
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high

来源

The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983

出版

Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 206 and 334, cat. no. 271

展览

On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983

拍品专文

Prajnaparamita is the personification of the wisdom text carried by Manjushri, in keeping with Buddhist philosophy that wisdom is represented by the female. With her multiple heads and arms, she echoes Avalokiteshvara's cosmic form and is often found with him next to the Buddha.