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A Khmer bronze seated figure of Buddha Muchalinda Cambodia, late 12th/ early 13th Century image 1
A Khmer bronze seated figure of Buddha Muchalinda Cambodia, late 12th/ early 13th Century image 2
Lot 98

A Khmer bronze seated figure of Buddha Muchalinda
Cambodia, late 12th/ early 13th Century

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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A Khmer bronze seated figure of Buddha Muchalinda
Cambodia, late 12th/ early 13th Century

cast, seated cross-legged in dhyanamudra on the coils of Muchalinda, beneath the seven-headed canopy of the serpent king, 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
32.5 cm. high (approx.)

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Provenance
Private UK collection.
Formerly in a UK collection formed in the 1980s.

During a storm which raged for a whole week Muchalinda, the snake-like king of the nagas, rose from the earth and coiled his body to form a throne for Buddha and flared his great hood to shelter him. For a similar example sold at Christie's see Indian and Southeast Asian Art, 20 March 2002, New York, lot 11.

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