Khmer Yaksha Guardian Statue

12TH-13TH CENTURY AD

43" (170 kg, 109cm including stand).

A carved sandstone figure of a crouching Yaksha, or Tree Guardian, wearing a pleated kilt and braided headdress with loop above; long pierced earlobes extending to the shoulders; left hand resting on the thigh, right hand gripping a fruit(?); mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Property of an Californian gentleman; previously in an old North American collection formed 1970s-1990s; supplied with geologic report No. TL005207, by geologic consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz.

CONDITION

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Khmer Yaksha Guardian Statue

Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,250

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