Lot Essay
Hevajra is the personification of enlightenment, the dance pose symbolizing the process of enlightenment as liberation from worldly constraints.
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Property from the Collection of Nathan L. Halpern
A Bronze Figure of a Dancing Hevajra
KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, LATE 12TH/EARLY 13TH CENTURY
Details
A Bronze Figure of a Dancing Hevajra
Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon Style, late 12th/early 13th Century
The eight-headed deity very well cast dancing with one leg raised and arms radiating around him holding diminutive figures of deities and animals, wearing a short sampot secured with a pendent fishtail sash, the details intricately rendered and with a silvery green patina overall
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon Style, late 12th/early 13th Century
The eight-headed deity very well cast dancing with one leg raised and arms radiating around him holding diminutive figures of deities and animals, wearing a short sampot secured with a pendent fishtail sash, the details intricately rendered and with a silvery green patina overall
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink and Son, Ltd., acquired in 1986