Stoneware head of a deity, Vietnam, Champa, Tra Kieu style, 10th century This head is to be compared with the famous Tra Kieu pedestal, preserved in the Da Nang Museum in Vietnam, which features an apsara and a musician on each side, whose faces show a certain gentleness of expression and the same characteristics: three-flowered tiara, raised eyebrows in the form of a brace, half-closed eyes, slight smile, dimple. Height: 14 cm Damage, missing parts, erosion. Provenance: Acquired before the end of the 1950s in Vietnam by the current owner's aunt. Bibliography: Exhibition catalog, Le Musée de sculpture Cam de Da Nang, AFAO 1997, cat. 109 and 109 bis. We thank Mr. Renaud Montméat for describing this lot.