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13TH CENTURY
Details
A Khmer, Bayon style, sandstone figure of Buddhamuchalinda
13th century
Seated in virasana on the coils of a snake, the seven heads serve as canopy, both hands in dhyanamudra, wearing sampot, his face with serene expression, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, hairdress and usnisha decorated with petals, traces of black lacquer
83 cm. high, mounted
13th century
Seated in virasana on the coils of a snake, the seven heads serve as canopy, both hands in dhyanamudra, wearing sampot, his face with serene expression, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, hairdress and usnisha decorated with petals, traces of black lacquer
83 cm. high, mounted
Provenance
Reputedly acquired in the 1920's and thence by descent.
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