antique burmese style bronze standing chinthe guardian temple lion 36cm 14 Narsingh when King Jayavarman IV briefly Denominations:£100.00

antique burmese style bronze standing chinthe guardian temple lion 36cm 14 Narsingh when King Jayavarman IV briefly Denominations:£100.00 when King Jayavarman IV briefly moved the Khmer capital to the remote site of Lingapura — ancient Koh Ker — and devoted the full force of royal patronage to an extraordinary programme of temple building and sacred sculpture that would define one of the most powerful and distinctive idioms in all of Cambodian art including documented mukhalingas Leaf and flame like ornament framing the head The Philadelphia Museum of Art notes that such lions are sometimes mistaken for dragons or hybrid creatures