Lot 253
  • 253

A GREY SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA Khmer, late 12th/early 13th Century

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Sandstone

Provenance

Paul Mallon, 26 July 1951.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1951

Exhibited

"Ancient Cambodian Sculpture", Asia House Gallery, Fall 1969

The Cleveland Museum of Art, before 20 December 1997–10 February 1998 and 13 March 1998–24 May 2005

Literature

W. Ward, 'Head of Buddha', in The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 39, no. 8, October 1952, p. 205–7, illus. p. 203.

S. Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture, New York, 1969, p. 110, pl. 46.

Condition

Wear, staining, surface abrasions, and pitting overall. Fragmentary, as viewed. With "51.293" in red paint on reverse.
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