Sale 6850
Kasteel van 's-Gravenwezel, Antwerp
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10 - 12 May 2004
Price realised
EUR 41,825
Estimate
A KHMER BAPHUON-STYLE SANDSTONE MALE TORSO OF VISHNU MID-11TH CENTURY Standing in samabhanga, originally four-armed, wearing a sampot, with well modelled bare upper body 50½ in. (52 cm.) high
Provenance
Macken Collection, Belgium.
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