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KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Details
A sandstone capital with Ascetics
Khmer, Angkor period, 12th/13th century
The cube-shaped base carved with an ascetic seated in a niche on each of the four sides, topped by a pyramid with alternating running friezes of lotus petals and beading
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Khmer, Angkor period, 12th/13th century
The cube-shaped base carved with an ascetic seated in a niche on each of the four sides, topped by a pyramid with alternating running friezes of lotus petals and beading
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Provenance
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired before 1983
Literature
Pratapaditya Pal, A Collecting Odyssey: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, 1997, p. 226 and 340, cat. no. 299
Exhibited
On loan to Art Institute of Chicago since 1983
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