KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, ANGKOR WAT STYLE, 12TH CENTURY

Details

A bronze head of Sadashiva
Khmer, Angkor period, Angkor Wat style, 12th century
The four faces each with wide mouth, downcast eyes, and arched brows centered by a raised urna and flanked by lotiform earrings, surmounted by a foliate tiara and topped with a columnar chignon
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, New York, acquired from William H. Wolff, late 1970s or early 1980s

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Lot Essay

This work would have likely had a fifth head attached above, identifying the deity as Sadashiva, a tantric manifestation of Shiva. For another representation of the deity in the Bayon style, see H. Jessup, et al., Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millenium of Glory, 1997, p. 329, cat. no. 111.

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