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Kampuchea Chef In delving into the auction sales by leading auctioneers Christie’s over the past twenty-odd years Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Khmer Art Overseas:In delving into the auction sales by leading auctioneers Christie’s over the past twenty-odd years, their online records show a significant series of sales of mostly bronze Khmer artifacts connected to the concept of Tantric Buddhism, which was practiced in Cambodia from the 10th century onwards but became much more popular in the 13th century before dying out. However, no manuscripts from the height of the Angkor period have survived, only a series of bronze and stone sculptures, as well as the occasional reference in Sanskrit inscriptions. It was believed to have been a path to enlightenment practiced by the elite and high-born in Khmer society, through mantras, rituals and meditation, with Hevajra as its chief deity. At the time of Jayavarman VII (late 12th, early 13th century) images of a dancing Shiva, Sadashiva and the multi-headed Hevajra were extremely popular, with Hevajra usually in the middle of an open pavilion-shrine known as a mandala, and surrounded in a circle by eight smaller female Yogini attendants, frequently shown dancing on corpses. Equally associated with the Tantric belief are female spirits, known as Dakini, or sky-dancers, the female personification of enlightenment and energy.Credit@Andy Brouwer
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