Khmer Empire, 12th century. Standing in samabhanga, wearing a vertically striated sampot folded in a fishtail at the front and secured by a belt incised with floral decorations, the bare and unadorned chest with ripe swollen breasts, the face with a ridged brow above almond-shaped eyes with incised pupils and full lips forming a benevolent smile, the hair incised in locks emerging from the headdress in front of a stupa-like chignon.Provenance: From an old Belgian private collection. Condition: Condition overall commensurate with age, extensive wear and losses, nicks, structural cracks. The head has come apart and was remounted to the torso some time ago, enforced by a solid metal peg.Weight: 19.3 kg (total) Dimensions: Height 72 cm (excl. base)Auction result comparison: Compare with a related sandstone Uma of smaller size (50.8 cm high) at Christie's New York in Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Works of Art on 24 September 2020, lot 706, sold for USD 32,500, and another (64.5 cm high), also with a previously detached head, at Christie's Paris in Art d'Asie on 7 June 2011, lot 386, sold for EUR 22,500.