A sandstone statue of Vishnu

Estimated Value:

4.000 € - 6.000 €

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Description:

Cambodia, Pre-Khmer, 8th c.
H. 80 cm
Standing in samabhanga, his original four arms all broken, wearing a short pleated sampot fastened around his waist with a section passing through his legs continuing over the skirt while falling down in a pleated fan-shaped part, the front shows as well a pleated textile section falling down over the rim of the sampot, naked upper body, his face displaying an enigmatic smile with almond-shaped eyes below slightly arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, smiling lips, elongated earlobes, his hairdo is combed in three layers of large curls at his back and topped with a high cylindrical mitre, the remains of a strut at the reverse, on base
Important South German private collection, acquired at Nagel 15 May 1999, lot 2619, from the Kappei Collection, assembled by repute before 1985 - Traces of age, partly chipped, mounted on a base

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