Ader
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Albert Tissandier (1839–1906)
See original version (French)
14
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Albert Tissandier (1839–1906)
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Albert Tissandier (1839–1906)
The Khmer bridge at Spean Praptos, Kompong Kdei, 1893
Graphite.
Signed, dated and located ‘Cambodia’ in the lower left-hand corner. Annotated on the reverse.
25.7 x 34.6 cm
This is one of the most significant corbelled arch structures of the Angkorian period, built entirely from laterite blocks. This drawing was used to illustrate the book *Cambodia and Java: Khmer and Javanese Ruins, 1893–1894* (Paris, Editions G. Masson, 1896).
See original version (French)
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