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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION

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                                                A SANDSTONE HEAD
                                                KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD,
                                                ANGKOR WAT STYLE,
                                                12TH CENTURY

                                                4Ω in. (11.4 cm.) high

                                                $3,000-5,000

                                                PROVENANCE:

                                                with Dickran Kelekian, Paris.
                                                Cleveland Museum of Art (29.990),
                                                1929-1963.
                                                with William H. Wolf, New York.
                                                Acquired by the family of the current
                                                owner from the above on 25 February
                                                1964; thence by descent.

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                                                TWO BRONZE FIGURES OF MAITREYA
                                                PRE-ANGKOR PERIOD, PRAKON CHAI
                                                STYLE, 8TH/9TH CENTURY

                                                8º in. (21 cm.) high, the smaller      (2)
                                                10º in. (26 cm.) high, the larger

                                                $15,000-20,000

                                                PROVENANCE:

                                                Collection of H. R. H. Prince Bhanubandhua
                                                Yugala by 1965.
                                                Acquired by the family of the current owner
                                                before 22 March 1983; thence by descent.

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