KHMER SANDSTONE CELESTIAL GODDESS 'APSARA', ANGKOR WAT 'BAYON' STYLE.
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BURMA. CAMBODIA. CHINA. INDIA. INDONESIA. JAPAN. KOREA. LAO. THAILAND. TIBET. Rare Khmer Sandstone Celestial Goddess 'Apsara', Angkor Wat 'Bayon' Style, 16th Century. Description: A beautiful Khmer sandstone Figure, elaborately carved in relief, depicting the divine celestial goddess 'Apsara' from Khmer mythology as a Celestial Maiden, poised in the art of Angkorian style sacred dance, the indigenous ballet-like performance art of Cambodia, called "Apsara Dance", practiced in the courts of the Angkorian monarchs. The female figure is realistically rendered with vibrant and lively imagination, portrayed as a divine nymph engaged in a seductive ritual performance, summoned as an agent of the gods to lure and seduce mythical gods, demons, and heroes fallen in battle. The figure is exquisitely modeled from a solid piece of sandstone, unaltered and unrepaired, with intricate detailing of the features, beautifully preserved. Apsara stands balanced with both legs raised, holding her long locks of braided hair with both hands, while wholely engrossed in an indigenous ballet-like performance. She appears light and graceful with a slender sinuous figure, well defined with harmonious proportion, a naked upper body, partially covered by a short stylized Sampot, intricately carved in a vertical striated pattern, draped with a skirt-like frontal
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