guardian statue antique khmer stone angkor wat style yaksha temple guardian 57cm 23 LD 2025 continuous arched brows

continuous arched brows

sweetmeats

The presentation of both hands executing the same mudra is a specific characteristic that developed in Central Thailand during the seventh century and became the hallmark of Dvaravati Buddha images

This appears to have been the case in Chanasa where bodhisattva statues greatly outnumber images of the Buddha

In his hands he holds a mandala

guardian statue antique khmer stone angkor wat style yaksha temple guardian 57cm 23 LD 2025 continuous arched browsAntique Khmer Stone Mounted Angkor Wat Style Yaksha Temple Guardian 57cm 23" Measures (Height) 57cm 23" An antique Khmer style stone Yaksha or Guardian in the Angkor Wat style. The Yakshas are a broad class of nature spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous or capricious, connected with water, fertility, trees, the forest, treasure and wilderness. They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts, as well as ancient and medieval era temples