Two rare tantric Buddhist figures on high pedestals

TWO RARE TANTRIC BUDDHIST FIGURES ON HIGH PEDESTALS.

Origin: Khmer. Angkor Wat.
Dynasty: Bayon period (1180-1230).
Technique: Bronze with fine, somewhat shiny, light green patina, partly with lapis-lazuli blue areas. Earth adherence.
Description: Each positioned in padmasana on a conical lotus base. Dressed in a finely pleated sampot around the hips and fitted with royal jewelry. The hair piled up in a pointed pattern is adorned with a headband. The design of the faces with open eyes and full lips is characteristic of the Angkor-Wat period. The two-armed figure holds a Gantha bell and a conch shell in his raised hands, referring to the Vajrayana texts. The four-armed figure, which also holds attributes like a lotus stalk, a book, a conch shell and the Gantha bell, might be Avalokiteshvara.

Both figures have a separate base into which they are inserted. These pedestals could indicate that they were once used as processional images, probably in tantric practice or for secret personal worship.
Measurement: Each height figure 19.5cm, height base 17cm.
Condition A/B.

Inscriptions on stone steles describe the ruler Jayavarman I as a committed follower of Buddhism, while Jayavarman VII, also a member of the Mahidhara lineage, raised Mahayana Buddhism to the state religion. Supported by his Buddhist wife Jayarajdevi, he promoted the spiritual practices of Vajrayana.

Provenance:
-Private collection, Northern Germany. Acquired locally in the middle of the 20th c.
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