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Khmer Bronze Seated Buddha Meditating on Naga - FZ.292
Origin: Cambodia
Circa: 12
th
Century AD
to 13
th
Century AD
Dimensions:
4" (10.2cm) high
Catalogue: V11
Collection: Southeast Asian
Style: Khmer
Medium: Bronze
$6,000.00
Location: United States
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Buddhist works of art such as this beautiful
bronze Buddha often have symbolic elements
that relate to the very early stages in the
development of this highly complex religion.
Elements of nature were an integral part of the
early religions of India. The roots of Buddhism
formed an alliance with these ancient popular
cults of the soil and nature, including nature-
spirits. In this example, the bronze Buddha sits
on the artistically shaped body of a Naga, the
ancient Indian spirit of water that takes the form
of a cobra. The head of the snake forms a
dramatic nimbus around the upper portion of the
Buddha, individual serpent heads frame the
Buddha's expressive face. The Buddhist religion
spread throughout the east and nowhere is the
artistic rendering of this spiritual religion more
expressive than in the 12th and 13th century
Khmer culture of Cambodia. This bronze Buddha
illustrates the unique artistic craftsmanship and
boldly expressive form, yet is delicate in its
sensibility. Graceful and powerful at once, the
combined images of Buddha and Naga capture
both the aesthetic and spiritual elements of our
very soul.
- (FZ.292)
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