A BRONZE FIGURE OF VISHNU

Description:

Cambodia, Khmerm, Bayon period, 13th cent.
H. 18,3 cm (o.S.)
Standing in samapada on a rectangular plinth, his four arms radiating around his body, the hands party holding attributes, wearing sampot fastened around his middle with a girdle decorated with ornaments, a flange falling to its front and back, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows, elongated earlobes with pendeloque ear rings, his hair combed in a chignon and secured with a tiara, on stand.
Old European private collection - Minor traces of age