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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1107 A SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A MALE DEITY
KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, ANGKOR WAT STYLE, 12TH CENTURY

Clad in a short sampot carved with parallel pleats and secured with a
jeweled belt and with a double-butterfy sash in front, his rounded face
with delicately outlined lips and long pendulous earlobes, the hair arranged
in a cylindrical chignon and fronted by a foliate tiara
28 in. (71.2 cm.) high, stand
$100,000-150,000

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1984.
The Irving Collection, no. 933.
高棉 吳哥王朝 吳哥窟風格 十二世紀 砂岩天神立像

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