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THAILANDE - EPOQUE AYUTTHAYA - XVIe siècle - Lot 112
THAILANDE - EPOQUE AYUTTHAYA - XVIe siècle
Statuette de princesse en bronze représentée assise sur une base quadrangulaire, sa jambe gauche repliée le long du corps, la droite sous le genou gauche, les deux mains posées à plat sur les cuisses, revêtued'un fin dhoticaractéristique des habits de princesse, plissé dans le bas et recouvert d'une veste croisée sur la poitrine, le visage très finement sculpté, coiffé d'un diadème couvrant le chignon, portant divers bijoux (bracelets, pendants d'oreille en forme de bouton de lotus et bagues). H: 44 cm Provenance: - Mr C. Niel, Conseiller à la Cour Suprême du Royaume de Siam - Michon-Mahé Paris - Collection privée française depuis. Littérature: - G. Coedes, Journal of the Siam Society (XVI/I), 1922 - A.B. Griswold, Artibus Asiae, vol XXI,I, Swizerland, 1958 This unusual sculpture has been dated by Georges Coedés[1] to the 15th century based on descriptions of the clothing allowed for princes and princesses of the realm contained in the Palatine Law (Kot Mandirapala), or "Law of the Palace Guards", proclaimed in Ayutthaya in 1458. Coedés indentifies the sculpture as that of a princess, one of the kings granddaughters, wearing Khmer style clothing promulgated in this text, and it is possible that the sculpture originally displayed designs on the clothing in polychrome which would further support this argument. In his paper on this work Alexander Griswold discusses the credibility of Coedés dating and attribution of the piece[2] and the context in which it was created. The state of Ayutthaya was one of the most affluent and powerful in Southeast Asia at the time. The military had briefly occupied Angkor in 1431 and had transferred sculptures and treasuries from the great Khmer civilization back to Ayutthaya along with skilled artisans, all of which is thought to have influenced Ayutthaya tastes and sensibilities. The Khmer ideas of universal kingship (that of the king as a god on earth) became part of Ayutthaya philosophy, despite the adherence to inherent Theravada Bu
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