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"title": "Enthroned planetary deity",
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"title": "Lost Kingdoms of Early Southeast Asia: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture 5th to 8th Century",
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"title": "Reinstallation of \u201cKrishna Lifting Mount Govardhan\u201d",
"description": "Reinstallation of \u201cKrishna Lifting Mount Govardhan\u201d. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 12, 2024-November 2, 2025).",
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"description": "(Paul Mallon [1884\u20131975], Paris, France and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)",
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"did_you_know": "Sanskrit dedicatory inscriptions show that the temple and monastery complex at Dong Duong founded in 875.",
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"description": "Enthroned Planetary Deity is a powerful presence about three feet tall, made of a light-colored sandstone. He is a personification of one of the nine planets that protected a Buddhist temple; the short dagger in his left hand along with the mustache and stylized furrowed brow refer to his role as a fierce protector. His posture is that of royal ease, and his crown, massive earrings, and throne also mark him as a king of the heavens. The mark on his forehead refers to his association with enlightened beings. The meaning of a planetary deity as a guardian pertains to the consecration of the temple at a time when the planets were correctly aligned with the stars, so that the site and devotees will be protected from misfortune. The \u201cface of glory\u201d (kirtimukha) on the carved relief panel in front of his pedestal is an image pertaining to the creative energy (shakti) that is emitted from the temple itself; it spits jewels and vegetal motifs that connote abundance and prosperity that will accrue to the worshipers who come to the temple.
This sculpture is one of the rare surviving examples from the Cham culture of central and southern Vietnam. It is documented to have come from the Dong Duong monastery, dedicated to Mahayana Buddhism.",
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"citation": "Hollis, Howard. \"A Cham Sculpture.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 22, no. 8 (October 1935): 127-129",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
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"citation": "Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.",
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"citation": "Eilenberg, Natasha and Robert L. Brown. \"The Sculptures.\" Socie\u0301te\u0301 des Amis du Champa Ancien, no. 6, December 1999.",
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"citation": "Baptiste, Pierre, et. al. Missions arche\u0301ologiques franc\u0327aises au Vietnam: les monuments du Champa : photographies et itine\u0301raires, 1902-1904. Paris: Indes savantes, 2005.",
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