A SANDSTONE HEAD OF LOKESHVARA, KHMER, ANGKOR WAT PERIOD, 12th ct., mounted. The well-carved head sculpted with a serene facial expression displaying almond-shaped eyes below ridged eyebrows, aquiline nose, smiling lips, broken elongated earlobes, his hair combed in a high chignon set with a minute figure of Buddha Shakyamuni to the front and secured with a diadem carved in slight relief with a broad central band containing flower-heads flanked by pearl borders and topped with a triangular-shaped floral design and knotted at the backside Provenance: German private collection, former collection Gabriele Henkel (1931-2017), acquired prior 2000 - Rest. crack, minor age cracks





Feiner Kopf des Lokeshvara aus Sandstein
KHMER, Ankor Wat-Periode, 12.Jh.
H. 22 cm o. S.
Provenienz: Aus einer deutschen Privatsammlung, ehemals Sammlung Gabriele Henkel (1931-2017), vor 2000 erworben - Rest. Riss, minim. Altersrisse