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What is the purpose of Khmer sculpture?
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Khmer sculptures have a religious significance, but it also glorified the aristocracy of the time by portraying them as gods. Most of the Khmer art which remains is in the form of sculptures associated with temples for Hindu or Buddhist followers. Shop a selection of Khmer art from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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Reclaimed Khmer Sculpture Fragment, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A hand fragment holding a scroll, reclaimed from a Khmer stone statue. East Thailand, early 20th
Category
Antique Early 1900s Southeast Asian Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Sandstone
Reclaimed Khmer Sculpture Fragment, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Century.
Hand-carved in sandstone, the fragment was part of a large garden sculpture of a Khmer deity
Category
Antique Early 1900s Southeast Asian Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Sandstone
Head of Avalokiteshvara, KHMER, Cambodia, Bayon Style
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A gray sandstone head of Avalokiteshvara, Khmer, Cambodia, Bayon Style from the 13th century. The
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Reclaimed Khmer Torso Sculpture, Hand-Carved Sandstone, Thailand, 1930
Located in New York, NY
A reclaimed sculpture of a male torso in traditional Khmer attire, from a Eastern Thai temple
Category
Vintage 1920s Thai Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
$2,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Sandstone head of Buddha, Khmer, Angkor period, post-Bayon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Khmer head of Buddha. Angkor period, style of the post-Bayon. 14th century. Carved
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
$4,000 Sale Price
60% Off
Cambodian Khmer Bronze Figure
Located in Savannah, GA
A Cambodian Khmer bronze fragmentary figure in the manner of the art of the Angkor Wat period, 20th
Category
20th Century Cambodian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
