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Lot Essay
The goddess wears a sampot accentuated with vertical folds and belt with a flange that falls just between her legs. Her bare chest is sculpted with well-modeled breasts. Her face displays a slight full-lipped smile with wide, almond-shaped eyes, a low browline, and a broad nose, all characteristic of Khmer deities.
In the Baphuon period, the wide, muscular torsos of the previous century were replaced with rounded shoulders and the narrow waist, with curved hips. Prajnaparamita, who symbolizes the quintessence of dharma according to tenth-century Khmer Mahayana Buddhist histories, is identified by the Buddha effigy on her chignon. Compare this figure to a similar eleventh-century Baphuon-style female deity from the Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1108.
In the Baphuon period, the wide, muscular torsos of the previous century were replaced with rounded shoulders and the narrow waist, with curved hips. Prajnaparamita, who symbolizes the quintessence of dharma according to tenth-century Khmer Mahayana Buddhist histories, is identified by the Buddha effigy on her chignon. Compare this figure to a similar eleventh-century Baphuon-style female deity from the Collection of Florence and Herbert Irving sold at Christie's New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1108.