vishnu statue antique banteay srei style bronze mounted khmer vishnu head 24cm 10 location_thailand The top of the head

The top of the head shows a lotus flower

while a finely detailed fold cascades behind the left wrist

in the Baphuon style

The nimbus is otherwise undecorated on the front but has a radiating pattern on the reverse

An antique Khmer style mounted stone Vishnu head in the pre-Angkor 10th century Banteay Srei style

vishnu statue antique banteay srei style bronze mounted khmer vishnu head 24cm 10 location_thailand The top of the headAntique Banteay Srei Style Bronze Mounted Khmer Vishnu Head 24cm 10" Measures (Height) 24cm 10" An antique Khmer style mounted bronze Vishnu head in the pre Angkorian 10th century style of Banteay Srei. Vishnu is both world protector and preserver, restorer of moral order he is all powerful and all pervasive by nature. The Bantreay Srei style developed at the same time as the Pre Rup style and overlaps that of the Kleang. It uses and develops the