A BRONZE FIGURE OF LOKESHVARA

Description:

Cambodia, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th cent.
H. 15,5 cm / 20,5 cm
Standing in samapada on a plinth, his four arms radiating around his body with both principle hands holding the lotus and kamandalu while his secondary hands the akshamala and pustaka, wearing striated dhoti fastened around his hips with a belt decorated with tassels, bejewelled, his face displaying a serene expression with almond-shaped eyes below arched eyebrows, elongated earlobes with pendeloque ear rings, his hair combed in a chignon set to its front with a minute figure of Buddha Amitabha and secured with a tiara, on stand.
Old Southern German private collection, since 1985 in the property of the family of the current owner - Minor traces of age, slightly chipped