The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Apsara Bracket
900s
(Champa)
Overall: 55.9 x 53.3 cm (22 x 21 in.)
Location: 243 Indian and Southeast Asian
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The light-colored spots are due to lichen and other organic growths that have hardened over time, the result of outdoor weathering.Description
This celestial being is a resident of heaven, ornamented as a goddess with tiered crown, heavy earrings, and broad necklace. She reverently proffers an offering, possibly a lotus bud. This figure would have been part of the embellishment of a Cham temple. Her bust emerges from an architectural element that may have formed the end of a balustrade or ceiling bracket.- ?–1990Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1990–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Czuma, Stanislaw J. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (June 1991): 63-147. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 121 www.jstor.org"Female Worshipper." Société des amis du Champa ancien. no. 6, December 1999. Reproduced: p. 7
- Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.34