A Khmer carved grey sandstone torso of Lokesvara, 10th- first half 12th century 高棉石雕觀世音軀幹 十世紀上半葉至十二世紀

The torso with softly-defined musculature, remnants of four arms; wearing a pleated sampot with oval-pattern-carved belt, with a wide overhanging front flap at the waist, above remnants of a double-"fishtail" pendant sash, a series of sweeping curves to one side, verso with a “butterfly” gather; later wood base.
H: 12 ½ in. (stone)

Provenance

Royal Athena Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
Jeff Hunter, New York, acquired from the above March 29, 1995, as 10th century; sold Freeman's, Philadelphia, March 13, 2019, lot 38, as 10th century
Acquired from the above by the present owner

來源：
加利福尼亞州比佛利山Royal Athena藝廊
紐約州Jeff Hunter於1995年3月29日，標記為10世紀；Freeman's拍賣行於2019年3月13日釋出，拍品編號38，標記為10世紀
現藏家得於上述來源

Lot Essay

For an example of a figure with similar sampot with overhanging flap and double-fishtail sash, dated tentatively to circa 978-1010, see the example in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, accession #1991.131.  Compare also the figure of Shiva in the collection of the Musee Guimet, MA 3431, dated to late 10th-early 11th century, illustrated in Helen Ibbitson Jessup et al, "Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Millenium of Glory", New York, 1997, p. 239, no. 57.  For a very closely related larger figure, with front overhanging flap to the sampot, double-fishtail sash, curved sweeps to one thigh, oval-patterned belt, and a similar “butterfly” knot at the back, see the figure formerly in the collection of Claude de Marteau, sold at Christie's, Paris, December 10, 2020, lot 84, where it is dated to the 12th century, Angkor Wat period.