Cambodia

  Lot 65. A sandstone figure of a kneeling Dikpalaka, Cambodia, Baphuon style, 11th century; 35.5cm (14in) high. (2). Sold for €24,225 (Estimate € 15,000-20,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. Characteristic of Baphuon period the hair is arranged in a rounded sphere of braids and a conforming topknot secured by a string of rudraksha beads. His face with delicate features and fleshy bifid lower lip. He kneels upon a lotus platform wearing a pleated sampot with a fish-tail tie at the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 63. A sandstone head of Avalokiteshvara, Cambodia, Baphuon style, 11th century; 14.5cm (5 3/4in) high. (2). Sold for €24,225 (Estimate € 5,000-8,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. This sensitively modelled head of the bodhisattva of compassion is identified by a small representation of Amitabha carved at the top of his head. His hair is defined by thin braids that converge to the tall jatamukuta arranged with cascade of braids and five loops around the small adi-Buddha. The eyes are defined by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 59. A sandstone bust of a female divinity, Cambodia, Angkor Period, style of Pre Rup, 10th century; 62cm (24 3/8in) high. (2). Sold for €315,375 (Estimate € 30,000-50,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. This is a very rare and early representation of a female deity with superb purity of form. The top of the sarong is draped across the plain belt and the hemline is flared towards the top. She is carved with delicate folds at the neck (trivali) and faint wavy lines are incised beneath the breasts and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 58. A sandstone head of a male deity, Cambodia, Angkor Period, style of Pre Rup, 10th century; 36.5cm (14 3/8in) high. (2). Sold for €75,975 (Estimate € 20,000-30,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. The eyebrow arches come together in a single soft line, the nostrils slightly flared, eyes defined with a delicate line and fleshy mouth with a very slight smile and faint suggestion of a moustache. Two bands of hair protrude from the diadem descending on the temples to continue with a beard defined as a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 46. A sandstone figure of Surya, Cambodia, Kulen style, 9th century; 72cm (28 5/16in) x 70cm (27 9/16in). Sold for €75,975 (Estimate € 20,000-30,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. Wearing a high cylindrical mitre backed by a small circular nimbus and both hands present lotus buds. Three incised waved lines are employed to emphasise the chest and the sampot, defined by a thick band around the waist to the knees, and a central fold dividing the legs, the entire length of fabric drawn up between the legs and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 66. A sandstone torso of a male deity, Cambodia, Baphuon style, 11th century; 98cm (38 5/8in) high. (2). Estimate 50 000 € - 80 000. Sold for €69,675. photo Fabrice Gousset. The elegant elongated torso with a sampot rendered in narrow vertical pleats around the right leg and spreading across the left in broader fan-like manner. The fabric is drawn between the thighs and arranged on the verso in a fan-like fold that rises from beneath the belt. The observation of the garment... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64. A sandstone torso of a male deity, Cambodia, Khleang style, late 10th-early 11th century; 70cm (27 9/16in) high. Estimate 100 000 € - 150 000. Sold for €164,175. photo Fabrice Gousset. The elegant torso with subtle, yet powerful representation of his pectoral muscles and broad shoulders. The superb sampot is rendered in narrow vertical pleats and spreads across the left thigh in broader fan-like manner. The fabric is drawn between the thighs and arranged on the verso in a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. A sandstone figure of a female deity, possibly Durga, Cambodia, Angkor Period, Koh Ker style, 10th century; 90cm (35 1/2in) high. (2). Estimate 150 000 € - 200 000. Sold for 277 575 €. Crédit photo Fabrice Gousset. The robust figure stands in samabhanga, elegantly carved with hour-glass form torso, with full breast above delicately incised lines to indicate slight rolls of skin and sumptuous wide hips. She wears a long straight garment (sampot) flaring slightly at the bottom,... [Lire la suite]

“Passion for Form” was the title for the first public touring exhibition of some of the Southeast Asian treasures in the MacLean Collection in 2008. Southeast Asian pottery, bronze and sculpture have long fascinated the MacLean family. Southeast Asian pottery, bronze and sculpture have long fascinated the MacLean family. It was at an antiques shop in Bangkok, during a business trip more than forty years ago, that Barry MacLean purchased this unusually shaped blackware vessel that sparked a collecting odyssey. Created these... [Lire la suite]

Stele with Varaha, North India, Pala period (c. 730-1197), c. 11th century. Stone, likely phyllite or schist, 28 x 8.5 x 24 in., Crow Collection of Asian Art, 1982.52. © 2018 Crow Museum of Asian Art & Crow Family Foundation DALLAS, TX.- Avatars and Incarnations explores the concept of divine avatars in Hindu and Buddhist art represented in the museum’s collection. In Hinduism and Buddhism, the concept of an avatar refers to the incarnation or physical manifestation of a deity, spirit, or abstract quality in human or... [Lire la suite]