$3,500
Cambodian, 12th/13th century. Khmer angkor vat style patinated and oxidized bronze deity figure depicting Uma, standing barefoot with arms holding objects, wearing vertical striated sampot with central fish tail shaped flange at front, figure with calm facial features with ridged eyebrows above almond shaped eyes, elongated and pierced earlobes, hairdress pulled together into a high chignon and secured by a string, figure supported on a later square wood plinth base, figure likely later patinated. Overall approximate height 20.6". Provenance: From the Estate of Mr. Soichi Furuta, Woodstock, Georgia. Note: Soichi Furuta (1927-2011) was a Renaissance Man of sorts, beginning his career in fine art arena. After attending UCLA, he joined a creative design and packaging firm in New York where he later became president. The firm (Stuart, Gunn & Furuta) was responsible for packaging design for a number of major brands including Michelob, Hershey's, Vicks, and Nestle. Concurrently, Mr. Furuta taught graduate-level courses in design at the City University in New York, later, he served as an adjunct professor of literature at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in North Carolina. Later in life, Furuta penned a dozen books in both English and Japanese with subjects ranging from poetry to translations and even a memoir. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his book of poetry, "Montefeltro the Hawk Nose" that references the artwork of the Italian painter Piero della Francesca Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2016-05-01
