KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, EARLY 13TH CENTURY

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A Large Sandstone Head of a Dvarapala
Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon Style, early 13th Century
Well-carved with strong features, angular brows conjoined with the bridge of the nose, broad bow-shaped mouth flanked by long pendulous lobes, the flared tiara with bands of beads and lotus petals rising to a conical headdress
34 in. (86 cm.) high

Lot Essay

This head would likely have belonged to a large guardian figure; compare with the figure of a Dvarapala in H. Jessup and Th. Zéphir, Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Millenium of Glory, 1997, cat. no. 85.

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