A sandstone panel with trimurti. Cambodia, Khmer Empire. Angkor period, Pre Rup style, 944—968
A sandstone panel with trimurti. Cambodia, Khmer Empire. Angkor period, Pre Rup style, 944—968
The three main Hindu deities (trimurti) are depicted on their mounts on a high plinth: on the left, the four-armed, three-headed Brahma on a goose (hamsa), in the centre Shiva with trident (trishula) on a bull (nandi) and on the right the four-armed Vishnu on Garuda. Inscription above the figures and on the plinth.
Height 38 cm; length 44 cm
Provenance
Old private collection, France
Yvonne et Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, Galerie Arts d'Asie Galerie Orient-Occident, Paris, 1970s or earlier
Collection Robert P. (1935—2022) and Alice Y. Piccus, San Francisco
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A sandstone panel with trimurti. Cambodia, Khmer Empire. Angkor period, Pre Rup style, 944—968
The three main Hindu deities (trimurti) are depicted on their mounts on a high plinth: on the left, the four-armed, three-headed Brahma on a goose (hamsa), in the centre Shiva with trident (trishula) on a bull (nandi) and on the right the four-armed Vishnu on Garuda. Inscription above the figures and on the plinth.
Height 38 cm; length 44 cm
Provenance
Old private collection, France
Yvonne et Jean-Claude Moreau-Gobard, Galerie Arts d'Asie Galerie Orient-Occident, Paris, 1970s or earlier
Collection Robert P. (1935—2022) and Alice Y. Piccus, San Francisco