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LATE 9TH CENTURY
Details
a fine khmer, preah koh style, sandstone figure of vishnu
late 9th century
Standing in samabhanga with both legs slightly apart, his four hands broken, wearing jongkrabaen draped around the waist, knotted with folds falling at the front, pulled through the legs and tucked into the belt at the back, an aditional flange at the front, naked upper body incised with belly-button, his face with serene expression, almond-shaped eyes set under ridged eyebrows, broad nose, moustache, pouting lips, beard, elongated earlobes, crown in front of a shaped and stepped chignon
111 cm high, mounted
late 9th century
Standing in samabhanga with both legs slightly apart, his four hands broken, wearing jongkrabaen draped around the waist, knotted with folds falling at the front, pulled through the legs and tucked into the belt at the back, an aditional flange at the front, naked upper body incised with belly-button, his face with serene expression, almond-shaped eyes set under ridged eyebrows, broad nose, moustache, pouting lips, beard, elongated earlobes, crown in front of a shaped and stepped chignon
111 cm high, mounted
Provenance
Galerie Mythes et Legendes, Paris, 1969
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