A bronze figure of Vishnu

KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, 13TH CENTURY

Details

A bronze figure of Vishnu
Khmer, Angkor period, Bayon style, 13th century
Standing in samapada on a square base over a yoni, holding the mace, lotus, chakra and conch in his four hands, dressed in short sampot with fishtail pleats at front and back and secured with an elaborate beaded belt, the face with wide smiling features flanked by long foliate earrings, the hair piled into a tall jatamukuta and secured with a tiara
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1970s
Doris Wiener Gallery, New York, 2005

Sale room notice

The base and figure are likely associated.

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Lot Essay

Khmer sculpture is known for the convergence of Shaivaite and Vaishnavaite features, as well as indigenous mythology. For a similar treatment of the staff in a figure of Shiva, see P. Pal, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Vol. 3: Art from Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, 2004, p.203, cat. no.159; H. Jessup, Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory, 1997, p. 261, cat. no. 69.

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