276. SANDSTONE STATUE OF BUDDHA UNDER MUCHALINDA Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon style, late 12th century A SANDSTONE FIGURE OF BUDDHA UNDER MUCHALINDA Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon style, late 12th century 80 cm (31 1/2 in) high 柬埔寨 高棉 巴戎風格 十二世紀末 砂岩目支鄰陀龍王護佛坐像 Provenance: Perret Viber, Paris, 17 November 1941 (according to the invoice). 來源 Perret Viber，巴黎，1941年11月17日（據發票） When a storm raged and torrential rain fell for a whole week, the king of the nagas, Muchalinda, rose from the earth, coiling his body to form a seat and swelled his great hood to shelter Shakyamuni from the ensuing downpour. The contours of the figure are squat and rounded in the Bayon style, as seen in another stone statue sold in Brunn Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 29 November 2022, lot 56.