Lot Essay
For the treatment of the sampot and outline, compare with a figure of Avalokiteshvara, in P. Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, vol. 3, 2004, cat. no. 145, p. 184f.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A Sandstone Male Torso
KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAPHUON STYLE, 11TH CENTURY
Details
A Sandstone Male Torso
Khmer, Angkor Period, Baphuon Style, 11th Century
Very finely carved with gently curved planes and graceful outline, wearing a short sampot incised with parallel pleats and secured with a butterfly sash at the back, the stone finely polished
29 in. (73.5 cm)
Khmer, Angkor Period, Baphuon Style, 11th Century
Very finely carved with gently curved planes and graceful outline, wearing a short sampot incised with parallel pleats and secured with a butterfly sash at the back, the stone finely polished
29 in. (73.5 cm)
Provenance
Swiss Private Collection, acquired in 1970