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Head of a Male Deity Gray sandstone Khmer, Angkor Period, Bayon Style
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description
- Head of a Male Deity
- Gray sandstone
- Height: 16 1/4 in (41.3 cm)
The head of the deity with eyes inset beneath delicately arched brows, broad nose and wide lips slightly smiling. He is wears a diadem embellished with a floral design and a conical chignon-cover with concentric rows of lotus petals.
Provenance
Private American Collection, 1977
Exhibited
On loan to the Brooklyn Museum 1968-77
Catalogue Note
The serene face radiates an intense inner spirituality which is a distinguishing feature of the Bayon style. Sculptures from this period are marked by a tempered realism that embodies the Buddhist ideals of compassion and quietude. Compare the subtle modeling of the features with a head of a Buddha in the Museé Guimet, see Jessup and Zephir, Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Millennium of Glory, London, 1997, cat. 91, p. 303. The headdress with its diadem and tiered chignon may be compared to that of a deva illustrated in Bunker and Latchford, Adoration and Glory, The Golden Age of Khmer Art, Chicago, 2004, cat. 99, p. 287.