Description Buddha .
Sri Lanka période de Kandy 18ème siècle.
Fonte de Bronze à cire perdue Ht 46 cm Son travail représente l'imagerie du Bouddha de la période Kandyan à son meilleur.
Robuste figuration glorifiant le Bouddha debout en posture hiératique, au visage éclairé de béatitude, les mains en ? Abaya et varada Mudras ? ici convention qui a persisté tout au long de la période de Kandy, enveloppé dans une robe monastique ? Uttarasangha ? moulante, qui épouse son physique puissant et idéalisé, couvrant son épaule gauche d’une étoffe finement plissée de sillons ondulés et qui scintillent et imitent les plis d'un fin ? toile d’araignée ? sous le climat tropical du Sri Lanka.
La main levée de Bouddha offre un geste de réconfort et d’absence de crainte pour se réfugier dans ses enseignements ? abhaya mudra ?,ciselé à l’intérieur de ses paume d’un symbole bouddhiste des marques auspicieuses ? lakshana ? symbolisant la durable capacité de chaque être à s'élever au-dessus des "eaux boueuses" de sa naissance et à se libérer du cycle de la renaissance ? samsara ? et de la souffrance inhérente du cycle infernal des renaissances.
Bouddha est coiffé de boucles soignées se terminant par un important ? Rasmi ? flamme audacieuse s'élevant de sa tête comme un phare de sa sagesse éclairée.
Référence : Von Schroeder, Bouddhiste Sculptures in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, 1990, p.
531, no.
168G ; et Phoenix Art Museum, Guardian of the Flame, Phoenix, 2003, p.
147.
Provenance Collection privée.
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