• Seward Kennedy's Cabinet of Cu auction at Christies

    Sale 13757

    Seward Kennedy's Cabinet of Curiosities and The Tony Robinson Collection of Treen Drinking Vessels

    London, South Kensington

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    22 November 2016

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    • A POLISHED SANDSTONE LINGAM
    Lot 68

    A POLISHED SANDSTONE LINGAM

    KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, ANGKOR OR BAYON STYLE, 12TH/13TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,875

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A POLISHED SANDSTONE LINGAM
    KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, ANGKOR OR BAYON STYLE, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
    The surface polished with square base and octagonal middle section rising to cylindrical top
    18 in. (46 cm.) high

    Provenance

    With Seward Kennedy, New York or London, 1971 or prior.

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