Sale 5108
Paris
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15 June 2004
Price realised
EUR 8,460
Estimate
TETE DE VISHNU EN GRES GRIS KHMER, STYLE ANGKOR VAT, XIIème SIECLE Le visage souriant, l'arcade sourcilière continue, les yeux en amande, le nez fin, la bouche charnue, portant la moustache et la barbe, les cheveux tressés et coiffés d'un mukuta octogonal orné de lotus, le front ceint d'un diadème maintenu par un noeud sur l'arrière du crâne ; socle Hauteur: 21,5 cm. (8½ in.)
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A GREY SANDSTONE HEAD OF VISHNU KHMER, ANGKOR VAT STYLE, 12TH CENTURY
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