A VOLCANIC STONE FRIEZE

Description:

Indonesia, Central Java, 9th/10th cent.
35,5 x 39 x 16 cm
The frieze carved in deep relief with the head of a bodhisattva displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earobes with ear ornaments, his hair combed in a chignon set with a tiara and at shoulder level still visible his left hand holding a lotus flower
From the estate of the Helmut Ploog Collection (1940-2024), depicted on a photo in January 1998 and an earlier undated photo presumably from the 1980s (original preserved) - Wear, partly chipped