TÊTE D'AVALOKESHVARA EN GRÈSThaïlande, époque pré-angkorienne, style de Prakhon Chai, Buriram, VIIIe siècle A SANDSTONE HEAD OF AVALOKESHVARA Thailand, Pre-Angkor Period, style of Prakhon Chai, Buriram, 8th century Finely carved with tall jata circled by a double cord at the base and a diminutive figure of Amitabha at the front and a flower on the top. The prominent eyebrows and well-defined eyelids with cavities for inset pupils over a thin nose and a narrow undulating moustache, separate it from the lip, stand. 20cm (7 7/8in) high. (2). Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired from Capital Antiques, Bangkok, 2 March 1966 Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) This rare representation in stone of Avalokiteshvara, is identified by the Buddha Amitabha placed at the front of the headdress, forplete figure of Avalokiteshvara from Battambang area see Garnier and Nafilyan L'art khmer en situation de reserve , Paris, 1997, no. 89. The treatment of the face and the moustache follow the moremon representations in bronze attributed to Prakonchai, notably the example from the Rousset Collection now in the Musée Guimet (MA4985), see Baptise and Zephir L'Art khmer dans les collections du musée Guimet , Paris, 2008, p. 39, no. 8 and another in Chutiwongs Leidy, Buddha of the Future: An Early Maitreya from Thailand , 1994, p.34, fig.14. 泰國 前吳哥時期 巴坤猜風格 武里南 八世紀 砂岩觀音首 來源： 巴黎Robert Rousset（1901-1981）舊藏，於1966年3月2日得自曼谷Capital古董店 巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏