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TORSE D'UNE DIVINITE MASCULINE EN GRES

KHMER, STYLE DU BAPHUON, XIEME SIECLE

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TORSE D'UNE DIVINITE MASCULINE EN GRES
KHMER, STYLE DU BAPHUON, XIEME SIECLE
Debout en samabhanga, le torse nu et viril, le nombril incisé, le cou portant les trois lignes de beauté, la taille rehaussée d'un sampot à plis droits, maintenu par une ceinture nouée, des pans du vêtement retombant en élégantes volutes le long de la cuisse gauche, une partie du tissu retenu à l'arrière par un noeud en forme de papillon, socle ; accidents
Hauteur: 77 cm. (30¼ in.)
Provenance
From a French private collection
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Further details
A SANDSTONE TORSO OF A MALE DEITY
KHMER, BAPHUON STYLE, 11TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The art of Baphuon introduced a number of new elements and refinements at the beginning of the eleventh century. The graceful outline and sensitive modelling represents the high point in the depiction of both male and female forms in all of Khmer art.

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