Mucindila Buddha
€4500,00
- The Enlightened One seated in Virasana on the Mucilinda (Muchalinda) snake, whose seven heads once formed a canopy above the Buddha.
- Khmer art from Lopburi, 13th century.
- The story goes that while Gautama Buddha was meditating under the great sacred fig tree, the Bhodi, a torrential downpour fell on him for seven days. The king of snakes, Mucalinda, appeared from the depths of the earth to protect the Enlightened One.
- Provenance: Estate of collector and art dealer Claude de Marteau. www.thecdmcollection.be
- Sold with certificate of origin.
- H 41cm x W 29 cm x D 19 cm
- Careful, secure shipment, by carrier, in a custom-made wooden crate and on a pallet.
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