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站立神像,可能是湿婆

柬埔寨,暹粒省,吴哥

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这是从吴哥时期流传至今的金属造像中最完整的一件。它属于一小批在柬埔寨高棉地区和泰国东北部发现的金属雕塑,这些雕塑以印度教中的神祗为主题,从前与皇室的崇拜有关。尽管没有显而易见的线索表明此人的身份,因为其手势并不符合标准的手印形象,也看不出重要特征,但这尊雕像可能是湿婆的拟人形态,是高棉艺术中一种不同寻常的表现形式。这尊雕像可能曾经用作两种目的,它主要是皇家神殿中的崇拜圣像,同时也是某位统治者先祖的形象。

Standing Shiva (?), Gilt-copper alloy, silver inlay, Thailand

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