Large South East Asian Vishnu Statue 10th-12th century AD A carved basalt statue of Vishnu in vigilant pose with pleated sampot and ornamental knotted cord, flounces to the edges, conical makuta headdress with broad vertical brim, cymbal held in one of the four hands (three absent); mounted on a custom-made stand. 48.5 kg total, 1.13m including stand (44 1/2"). Fine condition, repaired. Provenance Property of an East Sussex gentleman; from his private collection formed between 1983 and 1990; formerly in a South East London collection formed in the 1970s; accompanied by a scholarly note TL 5275 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. Literature Cf. Jessup, H.I. and Zéphir, T., Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory, Washington, 1997, p. 200. Footnotes Vishnu appears as a deity in the Rig Veda, the Vedic Sanskrit hymnal, but is less prominent there than Indra, Agni and others. Later, his importance increases and he eventually becomes identified as a divinity of the highest order. His evolution from a relatively minor figure to Supreme Being is encapsulated in the Trivikrama or 'Three Strides' whereby his true nature is made manifest.
Large South East Asian Vishnu Statue 10th-12th century AD A carved basalt statue of Vishnu in vigilant pose with pleated sampot and ornamental knotted cord, flounces to the edges, conical makuta headdress with broad vertical brim, cymbal held in one of the four hands (three absent); mounted on a custom-made stand. 48.5 kg total, 1.13m including stand (44 1/2"). Fine condition, repaired. Provenance Property of an East Sussex gentleman; from his private collection formed between 1983 and 1990; formerly in a South East London collection formed in the 1970s; accompanied by a scholarly note TL 5275 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz. Literature Cf. Jessup, H.I. and Zéphir, T., Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory, Washington, 1997, p. 200. Footnotes Vishnu appears as a deity in the Rig Veda, the Vedic Sanskrit hymnal, but is less prominent there than Indra, Agni and others. Later, his importance increases and he eventually becomes identified as a divinity of the highest order. His evolution from a relatively minor figure to Supreme Being is encapsulated in the Trivikrama or 'Three Strides' whereby his true nature is made manifest.
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