A SANDSTONE HEAD OF LOKESHVARA

Description:

Cambodia, Khmer, ca. 10th cent.
H. 25 cm (o.S.)
The head is carved with a serene facial expression showing almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows, broad nose, pouting lips, broken elongated earlobes, his hair combed in a high chignon consisting of tresses set to its front with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha and secured with a tiara fastened with ribbons knotted to the back, on stand.
Old European private collection, by tradition assembled before 1990 - Slightly chipped, traces of age