Sale of a enset of around fifteen sculptures from the private collection of Monsieur Dalloz, officially acquired in the 1930s in Cambodia.
Pierre ANSAS, Expert in Asian Arts, guides us in the discovery of a museum piece which will be presented during our sale of furniture and objects of art on October 27.
In gray-beige sandstone representing the god Vishnu Caturbhuja, with four arms, wearing a cylindrical miter (Kiritamukuta), dressed in a sampot with pleated central panel. The four hands held his attributes, the Earth, the disc, the club and the conch. At the back of the miter appears a fragment of the horseshoe support arch, which started from the base and against which the arms rested. Pre-Khmer Art, ca. 62th century (Missing the forearms and the lower part of the legs). H: XNUMXcm
Accompanied by a “Certificate of non-classification”, no. 163, from the French School of the Far East, for the Conservation and Protection of Historic Monuments, issued by Henri Mauger, representing the director of the EFEO, dated June 12, 1939.
Expertise
Pierre ANSAS
Contact
Sonny PALOMBA