Male divinity
Khmer art (Cambodia - Laos - Thailand)
Style known as Preah Kô.
Last quarter of the 9th century.
Sandstone. H. 65,5 cm
Two-armed deity body, with a powerful torso emerging from a classic short sampot, tightened at the waist and on the thighs by a belt holding a whole set of textile scraps and folds, falling down "as an anchor" between the legs. This same pleat rises up in the back where it unfolds "fanning" above the belt. A drapery "in pocket" is apparent on the left thigh. This model is close to the archetypes of the style, most examples of which have been found on the site of the Bàkong, another great royal foundation in the reign of Indravarman I.
Accidents, missing items and visible restorations.
Provenance:
Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes (Paris) (Inv.24769 Acquired from Christie's Paris, December 15, 2010, lot no. 366 as previously acquired from the Sonde Auction House (Copenhagen) around 1966).
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