A BRONZE RITUAL CONCH

Description:

Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th cent.
L. 24,3 cm
The conch-shaped vessel is cast with a slender mouth for water libation to continue into the broad spiral conch section itself decorated with a small panel containing a male dancer encompassed by scrolling tendrils and placed within a flaming border.
Old European private collection - Green corroded patina, very minor traces of age