A SANDSTONE HEAD OF A MALE FIGURE

Description:

Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Vat period, 12th cent.
H. 28 cm (o.S.)
The head carved with an enigmatic smile showing a pair of almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows, well-defined nose, smiling lips encompassed by incised mustache and beard, damaged elongated earlobes, his striated hairdo combed into a conical-shaped top-knot covered with a crown carved with several horizontal bands containing each a similar petal design, secured with tiara fastened at the backside with a knotted ribbon, on stand
Southern German private collection - Partly chipped