A KHMER GREY SANDSTONE FIGURE FIGURE OF A FEMALE DEITY. Baphuon style, 11th century.
H. 32 cm.

Provenance
Formerly with, Mr. Visuth Prathumhong Bangkok (import document), Swiss private collection, acquired on May 23, 1988.

The goddess is adorned with a sampot featuring vertical pleats and a belt with a flange. Her bare torso, delicately modelled, is sculpted with well-defined breasts. During the Baphuon period, the robust, muscular torsos seen in earlier centuries evolved into more refined forms, characterized by rounded shoulders, a slender waist, and curvaceous hips. Prajnaparamita, symbolizing the essence of dharma in tenth-century Khmer Mahayana Buddhism, is distinguished by the effigy of the Buddha atop her chignon.
For comparison, see a similar eleventh-century Baphuon-style female deity from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, auctioned at Christie's New York on March 21, 2019 (Lot 1108).

Estimate: 4000 - 5000 CHF