A Bronze Figure of a Dancing Dakini
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A Bronze Figure of a Dancing Dakini

KHMER, BAYON PERIOD, 11TH/12TH CENTURY

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A Bronze Figure of a Dancing Dakini
Khmer, Bayon Period, 11th/12th Century
Finely cast dancing on a small round plinth, wearing a short sampot with fishtail sash, the head slightly tilted with a tall cylindrical topknot
6½ in. (16.6 cm.) high
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This lot is offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold.

Lot Essay

Compare to a very similar example from the James Thompson collection, possibly part of the same Hevajra mandala, in W. Warren, The House on the Klong, 1968, p. 38.

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