a fine khmer, angkor vat style, sandstone figure of uma
12TH CENTURY
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a fine khmer, angkor vat style, sandstone figure of uma
12th century
Standing in samabhanga, both arms broken, wearing vertical striated sampot secured by a belt with a flange falling over the belt and another falling between her legs, naked upper body with well modelled breasts, his face with serene expression, almond-shaped eyes, broad nose, pouting lips, broken elongated earlobes and a tiara in front of a conical-shaped headdress
92 cm high, mounted
Lot Essay
For a comparable Angkor Vat stone Uma representation see, G. Groslier, La sculpture Khmere ancienne, Paris 1925, pl. 27A
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