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RARE TORSE DE DIVINITE MASCULINE EN GRES
CAMBODIA, KHMER, BANTEAY SREI,
MILIEU DU XEME SIECLE
Il est représenté debout en samabhanga. Il porte un sampot aux
plis verticaux maintenu à la taille par une ceinture, un pli retombant
sur sa jambe gauche. Le vêtement est maintenu à l’arrière retenu
par un noeud en forme de papillon. Son torse nu est rehaussé de
l’udarabhanda, d’un collier et de bracelets.
Hauteur: 68 cm. (26æ in.), socle
€50,000-70,000 $59,000-82,000
£45,000-62,000
PROVENANCE
With Compagnie des Indes et de la Chine, Paris, 1967.
Property from a European private collection.
EXHIBITED
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 1976-1977.
LITERATURE
Connaissance des Arts, Paris, February 1967, n° 180, p.37.
Antiquaires à Paris, Hotel George V, Paris, 20 May 1970.
A RARE SANDSTONE FIGURE OF A MALE DEITY
CAMBODIA, KHMER, BANTEAY SREI PERIOD,
MID 10TH CENTURY
柬埔寨 高棉帝國 女王宮 砂岩男身像
來源：
於1967年購自巴黎古董商Compagnie des Indes et de la
Chine
歐洲私人珍藏
出版：Connaissance des Arts, Paris,1967年2月, N° 180,
P.37
Antiquaires à Paris, Hotel George V, Paris, 1970年5月20日
展覽: 皇家安大略博物館, 1976至1977年

The style of Banteay Srei (ca. 967 – ca. 1000) is mainly limited
to the temple complex bearing this name and some contemporary
temples remaining in its vicinity. Apart from a group of sculpted
images belonging to those temples, not many other sculptures in this
style have survived. The fgures are in general crisply carved, which
is shown perfectly at the backside of this sacred image. The front is
much more worn. The sculpture was most likely buried with his front
downwards for centuries. The stone shows very slight pinkish colour
as well, for which these images are known for.

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