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An unusually small representation of a female
deity from this period and curious surface of the
stone has inclusion across the chest and face.
Also notable is the wide pleat of her sampot that
flares to each side beneath a large overhanging
flap. The wide pleat is shared by a torso from the
Natasha Eilenberg Collection (sold at Bonhams
New York, 11 September 2012, lot 8) and another
male torso of the same style in Christie’s New
York, 20 March 2012, lot 172.
柬埔寨 吳哥時期 巴肯寺風格 九世紀末/十世紀初
砂岩女神立像
來源：
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，
於1967年8月30日得自曼谷Capital古董店
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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TÊTE DE BOUDDHA EN GRÈS
Cambodge, style du Bayon, XIIe/XIIIe siècle
A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA
Cambodia, Bayon style, 12th/13th century
His face with serene expression, ridged
eyebrows, incised eyes, broad nose, smiling
lips, distended earlobes, curled coiffure over
the shallow ushnisha, stand.
13.5cm (5 3/8in) (2).
€3,000 - 5,000
Provenance:
Mr Dalet’s collection, Peyrehorade, France
Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired
from the above, 3 July 1954
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021)
The typical wide face with a broad smiling
mouth is modelled with delicacy is typical
of the Style of Bayon, imitating the portrait
of Jayavarma VII, but his expression is
more idealised to capture the essence of
the Buddha. His coiffure of small curls, that
continues over a shallow conical ushnisha,
is contained by a thin raised border along
the hairline. Compare with S.E.Lee, Ancient
Cambodian Sculpture, Asia House Gallery,
New York, 1969, no.46, p.84.
柬埔寨 巴戎寺風格 十二/十三世紀 砂岩佛首
來源：
Dalet先生舊藏，佩爾奧拉德，法國
巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，
於1954年7月3日得自上述收藏 266
巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏

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