A SANDSTONE LION HEAD

Description:

Cambodiy, Khmer, Bayon period, 13th cent.
H. 49 cm (o.S.)
The head of the guardian lion is sculpted with a ferocious facial expression showing bulging eyes above a snout with pierced nostrils, slightly open mouth displaying two rows of teeth, a pair of pricket ears, his manes formed of large curls and a section of his tail curling up along the backside of his head, traces of black-lacquer, on base.
According to tradition, acquired at Galerie Asboth in Vienna in the 1980s - MInor damages due to age and losses