id:			157340
accession number:	1994.202
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.202
updated:		2022-09-10 11:10:17.104000

Male Deity, 925–50. Cambodia, Koh Ker-Khleong style, 10th century. Sandstone; overall: 135 cm (53 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1994.202

title:				Male Deity
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creation date:			925–50
creation date earliest:		925
creation date latest:		950
current location:		ATRM Atrium
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Cambodia, Koh Ker-Khleong style, 10th century
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Cambodian Art
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 135 cm (53 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Europe
	date: 1968–1994
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	(John Eskenazi Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1994
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1994–
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fun fact: 
This male deity seems to be striding with his left leg advanced subtly forward.

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wall 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “New Acquisitions Enter the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection,” February 14, 1995, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr3939

	Czuma, Stanislaw J. "Slayer of the Buffalo Demon." <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> April 1997: pp. 8–9.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 9
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IMAGES

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