harihara antique phnom da style bronze khmer hari hara or vishnu shiva 53cm 21 subject_Guanyin The shell like curls of

The shell like curls of the hair form are surmounted by a lotus flower ushnisha

The Buddha is stood samabhanga on a round lotus petal base which is itself stood upon a decorated pedestal

imperial palaces

affirming his enlightened nature

the “Wheel of Dharma” gesture

harihara antique phnom da style bronze khmer hari hara or vishnu shiva 53cm 21 subject_Guanyin The shell like curls ofAntique Phnom Da Style Bronze Khmer Hari Hara or Vishnu & Shiva 57cm 23" Measures (Height) 57cm 23" An antique Phnom Da style bronze pre Angkor image of Hari Hara, that extraordinary deity, half Vishnu and half Shiva, in whom two aspects of one divine phenomenon are conjoined. Vishnu (Hari), the cosmic force of creation and Shiva (Hara), the cosmic force of destruction, represent the two opposing but complimentary forces of life and death that