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A BRONZE FINIAL WITH DANCING APSARA

KHMER, BAYON PERIOD, 13TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE FINIAL WITH DANCING APSARA
Khmer, Bayon Period, 13th Century
Finely modeled with a dancing apsara supported by a multi-headed naga, holding the flaming manes with her outstretched arms and with her sampot flaring to the sides, her face with a benign expression surmounted by a trefoil crown, the bronze with a silvery green patina
8½in. (21.5cm.) high

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This finial was possibly part of an elaborate lamp or incense burner, with the flickering light enhancing the suggestion of movement. Compare a larger example in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, see Asiatic Art in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1982, cat. no. 188; and a pair sold at Christie's New York, 23 March, 1999, lot 208.