The statue shown is Vajimukha and it was found indeed in Chenla (nowadays Sambor Prei Kuk). It is located nowadays in the Guimet Museum in Paris, who actually also have a current exposition about Dvaravati art until May 29, 2009. More here:
http://www.guimet.fr/Vajimukha may portray two aspects of Vishnu: Hayagriva or Kalkin. He is represented here with a horses head and a human body, continuing the traditional appearance of the deity formulated centuries early in ancient India. His head is adorned by a diadem held in place by his two upright ears and tied with a square knot in the back.
Chenla was a pre-Angkorian Khmer capital from the 7th century, located in central Cambodia around 120 kms from Siem Reap; the location is nowadays called Sambor Prei Kuk. A complete reconnaissance survey was completed in 2005, but the ruins are well known since the last hundred years. A plan of the temple ruins can be found
here.
To see the full Kalki see the below link http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2423144140104782255fJhXEY
ReplyDeleteguimet museum vajimukha's hands and legs are broken. hanuman hands and legs are added in webshots and flicker photoes by me. you can use that picture for future reference. He is our God of the future in 2012.
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