• Art d'Asie auction at Christies

    Sale 5598

    Art d'Asie

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    8 June 2010

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    • TORSE DE UMA EN GRES
    Lot 431

    TORSE DE UMA EN GRES

    CAMBODGE, KHMER, STYLE D'ANGKOR VAT, XIIEME SIECLE

    Price realised

    EUR 39,400

    Estimate

    EUR 18,000 - EUR 22,000

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    TORSE DE UMA EN GRES
    CAMBODGE, KHMER, STYLE D'ANGKOR VAT, XIIEME SIECLE
    Représentée debout, vêtue d'un sampot plissé retombant élégamment entre ses cuisses et maintenu à la taille par une ceinture ornée de pendeloques, le torse nu, la poitrine proéminente, parée de bracelets et d'un collier ouvragé, socle ; le bras gauche cassé et refixé
    Hauteur: 67 cm. (26 3/8 in.)

    Provenance

    From a French private collection

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    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


    Post Lot Text

    A SANDSTONE TORSO OF UMA
    CAMBODIA, KHMER, ANGKOR VAT STYLE, 12TH CENTURY


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