Lot Essay
With his moustache and tiara, this finely executed head is certainly that of a Hindu deity, either Shiva or Vishnu.
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KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
Details
A bronze head of a male deity
Khmer, Angkor period, 10th century
The mustachioed face flanked by long earlobes, the braided hair pulled into a high chignon with dangling curls, secured by a broad foliate tiara, the eyes recessed
5 1/8 (13.1 cm.) high
Khmer, Angkor period, 10th century
The mustachioed face flanked by long earlobes, the braided hair pulled into a high chignon with dangling curls, secured by a broad foliate tiara, the eyes recessed
5 1/8 (13.1 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1999
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 72 and 291, cat. no. 85
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1999
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