A SANDSTONE TORSO OF A MALE DEITY, BAPHUON STYLE, ANGKOR PERIOD Khmer Empire, 11^th century. The torso sensitively modeled wearing a high-waisted sampot, tied at the front below the navel with the folds splayed across the left thigh and secured at the front and back with a belt.

Provenance: French private collection, by repute acquired in London on 10 March 1986. The stand with three old collector’s labels, two to the back and one to the underside.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, signs of weathering and erosion, nicks, scratches, few structural cracks. Old varnish coating with remnants of ancient lacquering.

Weight: 5,389 g
Dimensions: Height 39 cm (excl. stand) and 47.7 cm (incl. stand)

Mounted on an associated stand. (2) Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related sandstone torso, 57.2 cm high, also dated to the 11^th century, at Christie’s New York in Indian and Southeast Asian Art on 18 September 2013, lot 393, sold for USD 11,250.