KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAPHUON STYLE, 11TH CENTURY

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A Sandstone Figure of Vishnu
Khmer, Angkor Period, Baphuon Style, 11th Century
The four-armed deity standing on a square plinth resting on his staff, wearing a short sampot carved with parallel pleats and stylized sash, his face with a benign expression and moustache flanked by long pendulous lobes, the hair finely braided and arranged in a tiered topknot, the body finely polished
30¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s

Lot Essay

The multi-tiered topknot is very finely executed and unusual in style, with a quatrefoil cross section and carved with a flowerhead on top, as is the treatment of the sampot with stylized sash flipped to the left.

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