STATUETTE DE BOUDDHA SOUS MUCHALINDA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRECambodge, style d'Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle A COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF BUDDHA UNDER MUCHALINDA Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century The king of the nagas , Muchalinda, rose from the earth, coiling his body to form a seat swelling his great hood to shelter Buddha beneath his seven-headed canopy. Buddha is wearing a short loincloth around his waist, adorned with elaborate jewellery, a crown or headdress surrounding his hair piled high and surmounted by a conical ushnisha , his face with serene expression, downcast eyes and hands held in his lap holding a stupa or fruit. 18cm (7 1/8in) high. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired in the 1950's-1970's Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) This iconic image of Siddartha Guatama's pursuit of enlightenment shows the scene when torrential rain threatened to drown him. Few early examples of this type appear to be recorded and the cult coincided with the rule of Jayavarman VII, who built the great royal temple at Banteay Chhmar. Embracing Buddhism with fever, he aligned himself with the image of the Buddha seated on a serpent, as the divine form under which he would be venerated. pare with a closely related example in the Eilenberg Collection, see S.E.Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture , Asia House Gallery, New, York, 1969, p.92, fig.54, and two other examples in G.Coedès, Bronzes Khmers , 1923, plate XXI, figs 1 and 2; and another sold at Christie's New York, 20 March 2002, lot 11 and J.Menzies, Buddha: Radiant Awakening , Sydney, 2001, cat. no.93, pp.128–129. 柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅目支鄰陀龍王護佛坐像 來源： 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，得自二十世紀五十至七十年代 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏