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She described the statue’s design as displaying carved jewellery and robe and sash, with a unique left-hand gesture across ...
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office returned two Khmer artefacts to representatives ... The 12th-century sculpture, referred to as the "Grey Sandstone Torso", depicts a male figure.
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Archaeologists Unearth the Torso of a Rare Buddha Statue—Nearly 100 Years After They Found Its Headalong with the head and torso of the statue, is an example of the Bayon style of art, which dates to the 12th and 13th centuries, when Buddhism became the official state religion of the Khmer ...
According to archaeologists, the head of the same statue was dug up in 1927 and is now in Cambodia's National museum in the capital Phnom Penh. The two parts may be reattached for display.
The statues — depicting so-called ''door guardians'' — were discovered last week near the north gate leading to the 11th-century Royal Palace at Angkor Thom, the last capital of the Khmer ...
which was ruled by the brutal communist Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. They were bought and trafficked by well-known art dealer Douglas Latchford, who was indicted in 2019 for allegedly ...
The statue was handed over to the Cambodian ambassador ... for his donations of rare pieces and his books on Khmer art, Latchford had been indicted in the US in 2019 for art trafficking and ...
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