Torso of a goddess

anonymous, 1050 - 1175

This figure is made in the Baphuon style, recognizable by the draped lower garment worn around the hips and fastened high at the back. The style is named after the Baphuon Temple, part of the complex at Angkor. Such garments were also worn in other regions of the Khmer empire, which extended over Cambodia and several neighbouring countries. The torso was found at Prasat Phnom Chon Lu, a temple in northeast Cambodia.

  • Artwork typefigure, sculpture
  • Object numberAK-MAK-221
  • Dimensionsheight 40.5 cm x width 16.1 cm x depth 8.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Torso of a goddess

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-221

  • Description

    Hindoeistische of Boeddhistische godin; hoofd, armen en voeten ontbreken. Sokkel ontbreekt.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Cambodja

  • Dating

    1050 - 1175

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 40.5 cm x width 16.1 cm x depth 8.5 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase École des Arts Cambodgiens, 1931)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; through the mediation of the École française d'Extrême-Orient purchsed from the École des Arts Cambodgiens, 1931;{Southworth 2013} from whom to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • H. Marchal, Le décor et la sculpture khmers, 1951, p. 64, pl. XXXVII, photo 136.
    • G. de Coral Rémusat, L'art Khmer, 1940, p. 122-123, fig. 114.
    • M. Giteau, Khmer sculpture, 1965, cat.nr. 27.

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