The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Male Deity
925–50
Overall: 135 cm (53 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1994.202
Location: ATRM Atrium
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This male deity seems to be striding with his left leg advanced subtly forward.Description
The distinctive swath of pleated cloth and the anchor-shaped ends of the lower garment suggest that this sculpture was made when this method of wrapping the sampot was fashionable. During that time, Cambodian temples were dedicated to Hindu deities, whose images were dramatically installed alone on a pedestal in a temple's sanctum. When consecrated, gold tokens were installed under the pedestal; many sculptures were broken when people toppled them to get the gold.- 1968–1994Private Collection, Europe1994(John Eskenazi Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1994–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Acquisitions Enter the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection,” February 14, 1995, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.orgCzuma, Stanislaw J. "Slayer of the Buffalo Demon." The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine April 1997: pp. 8–9. Reproduced: p. 9Czuma, Stanislaw J., "A Cambodian Male Deity", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 36 no. 05, May 1996 Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
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