Adam's Fine Asian Art Preview 23 November 2021

www.adams.ie 85 Preview Asian Art |23 rd November 2021 IN THE MANNER OF VU CAO DAM 武高谈 (1908-2000) A VERDIGRIS PATINA BRONZE BUST OF THE BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA VIETNAM, POSSIBLY 1920S / 1930S Affixed to a wooden stand. H (stand incl.): 46 cm €1,000 - 2,000 NOTE: This piece might have been done after a bust of Bayon style dating to the 12th century. Ones may identify it as a portrait of King Jayavarman VII. It may have been done by a Vietnamese artist who came to work in Paris and visited the rooms of the Guimet Museum. It is indeed known that Vu Cao Dam took his inspiration from Khmer sculptures preserved in the French National Museum of Asian Arts to conceive his bronze busts. Fig. 1 -Vu Cao Dam posing next to the bust of Jayavarman VII at Guimet Museum, Paris, France