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A FINE SANDSTONE LION, KOH KER STYLE, 10TH CENTURY
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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A FINE SANDSTONE LION, KOH KER STYLE, 10TH CENTURYBoldly carved, the powerful beast with a ferocious expression marked by bulging round eyes, a prominent snout, open mouth revealing sharp teeth and fangs, and pricked ears, all framed by the subtly detailed fur and richly carved mane cascading down the back terminating in an upturned tail carved in relief over the back.Provenance: Arisra Gallery, Thailand, 2006. Collection of Martin Lerner, Founding Curator of Indian and Southeast Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acquired from the above. A copy of a signed provenance statement by Martin Lerner, dated 28 April 2025, confirming the above, accompanies this lot. Martin Lerner (b. 1936) is a distinguished art historian and the founding curator of the Department of Indian and Southeast Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he first served as Vice Chair for Far Eastern Art (1972-1975) and later as Curator from 1978 onward. Previously Assistant Curator of Oriental Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art and a lecturer at Case Western Reserve University, Lerner helped shape the field through both teaching and curatorial leadership. Over four decades, he authored and co-authored landmark publications—including Indian Miniatures from the Jeffrey Paley Collection (1974), Bronze Sculptures from Asia (1975), Blue and White: Early Japanese Export Ware (1978), The Flame and the Lotus (1984), Thai and Cambodian Sculpture from the Sixth to the Fourteenth Centuries (1989), The Lotus Transcendent (1991), and Ancient Khmer Sculpture (1994)—which remain touchstones for scholars and continue to expand appreciation of Indian and Southeast Asian art worldwide.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Expected wear, obvious losses, chips, nicks, scratches, remnants of pigment, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations. Dimensions: Height 60 cm (excl. stand), 73 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on a modern metal stand. (2)This exquisite lion figure once graced a temple compound. The lion was not indigenous to Cambodia and the artist had to base his designs on drawings, smaller sculpted examples or just his imagination. The lion was considered an emblem of royalty. The concept came from ancient India where pillars supported by seated lions already existed before the Christian era. Stone lions in Khmer art can be encountered in various poses, seated, standing, walking and even rearing up. This strong example, with its long tightly-curled mane, can be dated to the Koh Ker period, rather than the more fowing manes of successive centuries. A later and larger example is illustrated in P. Pal Art from Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia: Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2003, vol. 3, pl. 170.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's London, 11 May 2016, lot 137Price: GBP 30,000 or approx. EUR 54,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A fine sandstone lion, Cambodia, Khmer, Koh Ker period, 10th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related modeling, manner of carving, and subject, with similar fierce expression and mane. Note the size (72 cm) and state of preservation.

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