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A RARE AND MONUMENTAL SANDSTONE HEAD
A RARE AND MONUMENTAL SANDSTONE HEAD
A RARE AND MONUMENTAL SANDSTONE HEAD
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A RARE AND MONUMENTAL SANDSTONE HEAD

CAMBODIA, KHMER, BAKHENG PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY

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A RARE AND MONUMENTAL SANDSTONE HEAD
CAMBODIA, KHMER, BAKHENG PERIOD, 10TH CENTURY
Probably a yaksha, finely carved with a wrathful expression, with bulging eyes below arched eyebrows, his mouth with pouting lips showing his fangs, his right ear with circular ear ornament, his cascading curls secured with a crown and topped with a conical cover, on stand
17 in. (43 cm.) high
来源
Acquired in Bangkok during the 1970s.

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拍品专文

This head displaying a wrathful expression is difficult to identify as a result of the existing damage, particularly as it lacks its body and hands which could once have held attributes. However it is very probably the head of a yaksha, displaying a demonic aspect with protruding eyes and fangs. These supernatural beings were originally associated with local spirits that inhabited plants and trees. Their figures can be found near temples for protection. A comparable head is published in P. Garnier, G. Nafilyan, J. and Ch. Cres, Khmer Art in Reserve, Marseille, 1997, p. 113. A complete though bronze example is illustrated by S.E. Lee Ancient Cambodian Sculpture, New York, 1969, pl. 14.