Two Khmer bronze pieces. Cambodia, Angkor Wat style. 12th century - image-1

Lot 282 Dα

Two Khmer bronze pieces. Cambodia, Angkor Wat style. 12th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
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Two Khmer bronze pieces. Cambodia, Angkor Wat style. 12th century

a) A single richly decorated palanquin hook with a large round aperture and the hook in shape of Garuda with a lotus bud in his folded hands, and b) a fragment of a palanquin hook or a foot of a stand. Both with a greenish patina. Perspex mount. (2)
Height a) 14.8 cm; b) 11.2 cm

Provenance

Collection Götz Schricker, Munich, acquired from Georg L. Hartl, Munich, a) with a letter dated 1.11.1996; b) with an invoice dated 10.12.1998 and letter dated 1.1.1999

Literature

a) Compare similar pieces in: Madeleine Giteau, Khmer. Kunst und Kultur von Angkor, Munich 1965, p. 165, fig. 92; b) Compare: ibid., fig. 93