A SANDSTONE STELE DEPICTING BRAHMANI Vietnam, Cham period, 10th century

Estimate

18,000 - 22,000 USD

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Description

Sandstone

four-headed Brahmani seated on a hamsa, wearing a layered dhoti with a rounded front flap, adorned with earrings, a large necklace and holding two sword-shaped objects in each hand

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 23 March 2007, lot 41.

Catalogue Note

Compare the relief style with a related figure of Shiva, see Guillon, 2001, p. 61, fig. 61.