Lot Essay
For a comparable sectioned panel in situ see, E. Mannikka, Angkor Wat: Time, Space and Kingship, Honolulu, paperback edition 2000, p. 15
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12TH CENTURY
Details
a khmer, angkor vat style, sandstone panel depicting a devata
12th century
The panel consisting of three sections and carved with a standing devata, her left hand holding flower, the raised right holding lotus bud, wearing long skirt, bejewelled, her face with almond-shaped eyes, broad nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with pendeloque ear rings, tiara in front of her hairdress with tresses falling side wards and flowers in the centre
122 cm high, mounted
12th century
The panel consisting of three sections and carved with a standing devata, her left hand holding flower, the raised right holding lotus bud, wearing long skirt, bejewelled, her face with almond-shaped eyes, broad nose, smiling lips, elongated earlobes with pendeloque ear rings, tiara in front of her hairdress with tresses falling side wards and flowers in the centre
122 cm high, mounted
Provenance
This panel was acquired in Cambodia in the early part of the 1920's by the father-in-law of the present owner.