brahma statue antique khmer style koh ker standing bronze brahma hindu god creation 49cm 20 quot Trimurti A charming antique Khmer style

A charming antique Khmer style bronze Apsara or Heavenly angel in the Baphuon style

Provenance: Ex- private UK collection

fly whisk and sceptre

conveying calm authority and inner composure

He has a large Sukhothai inspired flame ushnisha protuberance on top of his head symbolizing his high level of spiritual development

brahma statue antique khmer style koh ker standing bronze brahma hindu god creation 49cm 20 quot Trimurti A charming antique Khmer styleAntique Khmer Style Koh Ker Standing Bronze Brahma Hindu God Creation 49cm 20" Measurements H49cm (20") At the heart of the Hindu cosmological order stands Brahma, the Svayambhu the Self Born from whose divine intelligence the universe itself was exhaled into being. This commanding eight armed Brahma is cast in the monumental spirit of the Koh Ker period (928944 CE), when King Jayavarman IV briefly moved the Khmer capital to the remote site of