 3. SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU Current and Past Exhibitions
3. SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU.KHMER, PRE-ANGKOR PERIOD,7TH - 8TH CENTURY.H. (EXCLUDING TANG): 67 CMS, 26 ½ INS.H. (INCLUDING TANG): 84 CMS, 33 INS .An important sandstone figure of a four-armed Vishnu, dynamic and powerful, standing on a rectangular pedestal and wearing a cylindrical mitre headdress; the face meditative and smiling serenely; the contours of his lower body visible beneath a diaphanous ankle-length sampot, its folds delineated by faintly incised lines, with a long central sash hanging down between his legs.Note: The ankles are repaired.Vishnu, together with Brahma and Siva, is one of the members of the Hindu trimurti (Skt. “Triple Form”). Vishnu becomes incarnate in different divine forms (avatars) from age to age in order to preserve the world.For a related image, attributed to the Mekong Delta, see plate 10 in Emma Bunker and Douglas Latchford, Adoration and Glory: The Golden Age of Khmer Art, Chicago: Art Media Resources, 2004.PROVENANCE: Property of a private Japanese collector.
|  SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU Current and Past Exhibitions
No. 9.SANDSTONE FIGURE OF VISHNU.KHMER, PRE-ANGKOR PERIOD, PHNOM DA STYLE, 6TH - 7TH CENTURY.H. 28.5 CMS, 11 ¼ INS.A grey sandstone figure of a four-armed Vishnu, the face broad and imposing beneath a mitre headdress, the upper left hand holding a conch and the upper right a chakra, the belt and pleats of the knee-length sampot delineated by shallow, incised lines.Note: The cross-bar behind the head has been repaired.For a related figure of a Phnom Da Vishnu in the Phnom Penh Museum, see plate 84 in M. Girard-Geslan et al, Art of Southeast Asia, New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 1998.PROVENANCE: Property of a private Japanese collector.
|  STUCCO HEAD OF A WOMAN AND STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA (SOLD) Current and Past Exhibitions
No. 16(LEFT).STUCCO HEAD OF A WOMAN.THAILAND, MON-DVARAVATI PERIOD, 7TH - 8TH CENTURY.H. 18.5 CMS, 7 ¼ INS.No. 16 (RIGHT).STUCCO HEAD OF BUDDHA.THAILAND, SUKHOTHAI PERIOD, 14TH CENTURY.H. 13 CMS, 5 INS.SOLDPROVENANCE (BOTH): Property of a private Japanese collector.
|  SANDSTONE HANDS OF A DEITY Current and Past Exhibitions
No. 23(LEFT). LARGE BRONZE HAND OF BUDDHA .THAILAND, SUKHOTHAI PERIOD, 14TH CENTURY.L. 25 CMS, 10 INS.Reference: see nos. 58a and b in T. Bowie (ed.), The Sculpture of Thailand, Exhibition catalogue, New York: Asia Society, 1972.SOLDNo. 24 (CENTRE).SANDSTONE HAND OF A DEITY, POSSIBLY PRAJNAPARAMITA, HOLDING A LOTUS.KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, LATE 12TH – EARLY 13TH CENTURY.L. 19 CMS, 7 ½ INS.No. 25(RIGHT). BRONZE HAND OF A MALE DEITY.SOLD.PROVENANCE (ALL THREE): Property of a private Japanese collector.
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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN SCULPTURE: THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE JAPANESE COLLECTOR.