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Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Full body statue of the god Vishnu, with a cylindrical crown on his head and wearing a sampot, a short wrap with carved lines indicating its loop around the waist. Bare-chested, his right arm is broken at the shoulder, left at the wrist, right leg at the ankle, and left at the knee. His eyes are carved in outline, nose broken away and right side of the face worn.

Vishnu

650–99

Cambodia

gray sandstone
Overall: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1942.562
Location: 243 Indian and Southeast Asian

Did You Know?

The god wears a short garment (sampot) tied to form a loop on the left with the hanging ends on the right thigh.

Description

The muscular physique, sensitive smile, and flat-topped high crown are characteristics of Vishnu images made during the pre-Angkorian period (c. 550–802) in Cambodia. This sculpture probably was the sole object of worship in a small brick temple sanctum.
  • ?–1942
    (Hernán Larraín Peró [1899–1994], Buenos Aires, Argentina, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1942–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 241 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 241 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 316 archive.org
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    Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
    Khmer Sculpture. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (November 28, 1961-January 28, 1962).
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