The Collection of Alfred E. Mirsky, sold to benefit the graduate student program of The Rockefeller University

A rare bronze seal

KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, LATE 12TH/EARLY 13TH CENTURY

細節

A rare bronze seal
Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon style, late 12th/early 13th century
In the form of a devotee with folded hands issuing from the mouth of a makara, topped by a round flared character seal and a further seal with a seated figure in intaglio at the back, with a dark green patina overall
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high

來源

Acquired in the 1960s

拍場告示

Please note that this lot is being sold for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization Certificate.

拍品專文

For a related example of similar design, see G. Coedès, Bronzes Khmers, 1923, fig. 5, pl. XLVI; and a further example, incorporating a guardian lion as metaphor for Royal authority, in M. Zefferys et al., Heaven and Empire, Khmer Bronzes from the 9th to the 15th Centuries, 2001, pl. 98, p. 43, mistakenly identified as probably a sword pommel.