GROUPE REPRÉSENTANT VISHNU PORTÉ PAR GARUDA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRECambodge, style d'Angkor Vat, XIIe siècle A COPPER ALLOY GROUP DEPICTING VISHNU ON GARUDA Cambodia, Angkor Wat style, 12th century This configuration shows Garuda in his role as vahana carrying Vishnu, the god benevolent, guardian and saviour of the world protector of humans. The garuda is a mythical bird that is as well represented in Brahmanic iconography as well as Buddhist. His hybrid body is humanoid, his bust and thighs are feathered, its head is that of a bird of prey with a hooked beak, its eyes are globular and its ears similar to those of a man. Vishnu is shown in a dynamic posture with one foot resting on the tail of the mythical animal and the other on his shoulder, stand. 20cm (7 7/8 in) high. (2). Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired from Peng Seng, Bangkok, 21 December 1968 Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) Under Suryavarman II, who ascended the throne in 1113, Vishnu was elevated to higher prominence and became an state symbol. A closely related example is in The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore (H.W.Woodward, The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand , 1997, cat. no.17) and in Baptise and Zephir L'Art khmer dans les collections du musée Guimet , Paris, 2008, p. 241 , no. 70. Alsopare with P.Pal, The Sensuous Immortals. A Selection of Sculptures from the Pan-Asian Collection , Los Angeles 1978, no.152 and another in The Norton Simon Museum of Art (F.1972.16.1.S). 柬埔寨 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 銅毗濕奴與迦樓羅像 來源： 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1968年12月21日得自曼谷Peng Seng古董店 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏