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Kampuchea Chef Much has been written regarding the accomplishments Thursday, April 20, 2023
Much has been written regarding the accomplishments of George Groslier,
Much has been written regarding the accomplishments of George Groslier, pictured here in his office in 1926 by Swiss photographer Martin Hurlimann. He led an extraordinary life as a painter, writer, historian, archaeologist, ethnologist, architect, photographer and curator, only to lose it at the age of 58 when he was interred, tortured and died at the hands of the Japanese occupiers of Phnom Penh in 1945. It was a grossly unjustified end for the man who founded both the National Museum and École des arts Cambodgiens, which would become the Royal University of Fine Arts, and who devoted himself to the people, arts, culture and history of Cambodia. What caught my eye in the Groslier picture was the small bronze statuette he held in his hands. Only one such bronze exists today in the collection of the National Museum, and I imagine his interest was piqued because of the rarity of such an artifact - the goddess Prajnaparamita with multiple heads and arms in a cross-legged seated posture. Prajnaparamita was revered as the mother of all Buddhas and the perfection of wisdom, usually identified by holding a lotus flower and a book in her hands, though the attributes in her twenty-two hands in this image are indistinct, though they may include lotus buds. This dynamic figure (inventory # Ga.5333) is consistent with the meticulously cast bronzes of the Bayon style of the late 12th century, with individualized facial features, elaborate jewellery and pleated skirt. The small Amitabha Buddha seated in her headdress is a sign she shares with the Bodhisattva Lokeshvara, which symbolizes her radiant spiritual power that sheds its light over all things. With her legs tucked under and a ramrod straight back, the arrangement of her eleven heads is very unusual. On the upper level, the four faces direct their gaze to the four cardinal points. Of the seven lower heads, only the forward-looking one is shown fully frontal, the other six appear in profile. Her eleven pairs of arms surround her like spreading wings, while her ankle-length skirt of ribbed panels and large fold around the hips is typical of the period. Her scarf above her breasts is decorated with pendants and she wears bracelets and anklets. She is purported to have been found in the Koh Kong region likely in the early 1920s but at just fifteen centimeters in height, her portability makes a definitive home difficult to identify. She certainly caught the attention of George Groslier.https://www.facebook.com/andy.brouwer.71
