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13TH CENTURY
Details
a magnificent khmer, bayon style, sandstone head of a guardian
13th century
The large head carved with ferocious expression, bulging eyes, broad nose, downward turned lips, elongated earlobes with large rosette shaped earrings, tiara in front of a flaming hairdress and high chignon
83 cm high, mounted
13th century
The large head carved with ferocious expression, bulging eyes, broad nose, downward turned lips, elongated earlobes with large rosette shaped earrings, tiara in front of a flaming hairdress and high chignon
83 cm high, mounted
Provenance
Collected by the father-in-law of the present owner in Cambodia in the early 1920's.
Special notice
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