14th Jul, 2020 12:00
European & Asian Works of Art
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A PRE RUP STYLE GREY SANDSTONE HEAD OF HARIHARA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
A PRE RUP STYLE GREY SANDSTONE HEAD OF HARIHARA, CAMBODIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
the dual deity with tall tiered coiffure, jewelled tiara, moustache and elongated earlobes, the side depicting Siva with half-eye on the forehead and half moon crescent in the headdress, mounted
36cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, Southern England, acquired in the United Kingdom about 40-60 years ago.
For a complete sandstone figure in Pre Rup style in the Norton Simon Museum, see P. Pal, 'Art from Sri Lanka and South East Asia', Pasadena 2004, no.142. There is also a related figure in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (B65S7).
Sold for £3,500
A PRE RUP STYLE GREY SANDSTONE HEAD OF HARIHARA, CAMBODIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
the dual deity with tall tiered coiffure, jewelled tiara, moustache and elongated earlobes, the side depicting Siva with half-eye on the forehead and half moon crescent in the headdress, mounted
36cm high
Provenance: Private Collection, Southern England, acquired in the United Kingdom about 40-60 years ago.
For a complete sandstone figure in Pre Rup style in the Norton Simon Museum, see P. Pal, 'Art from Sri Lanka and South East Asia', Pasadena 2004, no.142. There is also a related figure in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (B65S7).
Auction: European & Asian Works of Art, 14th Jul, 2020
