Dimensions: Height 59 cm ; Wide 14 cm ; Depth 10 cm with base

Weight: 7380 grams with base

Very finely carved in the round, the face with a benign expression and intricately braided hair rising to a domed topknot with lotus flowerhead at top. Khmer Empire, 11th century. Standing in samabhanga, her young unadorned body with prominent breasts and her belly beautifully rounded, wearing a long, pleated sarong tied at the front, the long central fold elegantly culminating in a 'fishtail' shape at the hem, held together at the hips with a patterned belt fastened. This piece exemplifies the style of Baphuon female figures with the frontal stance, the ovoid skirt wide at the hips and narrowing around the knees, the sarong in an elevated position at the back and curving down to below the navel and the elegant central pleat.