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CAMBODGE, KHMER, STYLE PRE RUP, MILIEU DU XEME SIECLE
Details
RARE STATUE DE VISHNU EN GRES
CAMBODGE, KHMER, STYLE PRE RUP, MILIEU DU XEME SIECLE
Vishnu stands in samabhanga with his legs slightly apart. He is wearing a vertically-striated sampot secured by a belt with double fish-tail textile sections falling to the front. His face displays an enigmatic smiling expression showing almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows and a moustache and beard framing his lips. His hair is coiffed in a chignon and secured by a tiara carved with stylized flower-heads ; both arms broken.
40¼ in. (102 cm.) high, stand
CAMBODGE, KHMER, STYLE PRE RUP, MILIEU DU XEME SIECLE
Vishnu stands in samabhanga with his legs slightly apart. He is wearing a vertically-striated sampot secured by a belt with double fish-tail textile sections falling to the front. His face displays an enigmatic smiling expression showing almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows and a moustache and beard framing his lips. His hair is coiffed in a chignon and secured by a tiara carved with stylized flower-heads ; both arms broken.
40¼ in. (102 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
Previously in a private Danish collection.
Acquired from Galerie De Ruimte, Eersel, The Netherlands, 18 April 1981
Acquired from Galerie De Ruimte, Eersel, The Netherlands, 18 April 1981
Further details
A RARE SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU
CAMBODIA, KHMER, PRE RUP STYLE, MID-10TH CENTURY
CAMBODIA, KHMER, PRE RUP STYLE, MID-10TH CENTURY