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12TH CENTURY
Details
a khmer, angkor vat style, sandstone figure of a lion-headed guardian
12th century
Kneeling on a square base, his right arm resting on his raised right knee, and holding a broken object, the left resting on his upper left leg, wearing sampot secured by a belt and with flange at the front, naked upper body, his head carved as a lion, bulging eyes, snout, open mouth showing teeth and fangs, pricked ears and curling mane
55 cm high, mounted
12th century
Kneeling on a square base, his right arm resting on his raised right knee, and holding a broken object, the left resting on his upper left leg, wearing sampot secured by a belt and with flange at the front, naked upper body, his head carved as a lion, bulging eyes, snout, open mouth showing teeth and fangs, pricked ears and curling mane
55 cm high, mounted
Provenance
Galerie Chemins d'Orient, Paris, 1961
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