Lot Essay
Collected by the present owner's grandfather during his stay in Cambodia in the mid-1920s.
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13TH CENTURY
Details
a khmer, bayon style, sandstone stele of a devata
13th century
The frieze consists of five panels carved in relief with a devata standing in slight tribhanga on a base, her right hand raised and her left lowered, both holding a flower, wearing sampot engraved with flower heads secured by a belt decorated with pendants, a large fish-tail shaped flange to her left, jewellery including necklace, many stringed long necklace, her face with serene expression, ridged eyebrows, broad nose, pouting lips, elongated earlobes, high tiara, within an arched frame
140 cm high, mounted
13th century
The frieze consists of five panels carved in relief with a devata standing in slight tribhanga on a base, her right hand raised and her left lowered, both holding a flower, wearing sampot engraved with flower heads secured by a belt decorated with pendants, a large fish-tail shaped flange to her left, jewellery including necklace, many stringed long necklace, her face with serene expression, ridged eyebrows, broad nose, pouting lips, elongated earlobes, high tiara, within an arched frame
140 cm high, mounted
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.