id:			169267
accession number:	2011.147
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2011.147
updated:		2025-11-03 14:48:36.889000

Colossal Head of a Deva, c. 1200. Cambodia, Angkor, Preah Khan. Sandstone; overall: 71.3 x 50 x 47 cm (28 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.147

title:				Colossal Head of a Deva
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creation date:			c. 1200
creation date earliest:		1190
creation date latest:		1210
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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culture:	Cambodia, Angkor, Preah Khan
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Cambodian Art
type:		Stone
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measurements: Overall: 71.3 x 50 x 47 cm (28 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar
	opening date:   2017-10-14T04:00:00
	<i>Beyond Angkor: Cambodian Sculpture from Banteay Chhmar</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14, 2017-March 25, 2018).

	title:		Reinstallation of “Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan”
	opening date:   2024-10-12T04:00:00
	<i>Reinstallation of “Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan”</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 12, 2024-November 2, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink Ltd., London, England, sold to a private collector)
	date: ?–early 1970s
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	Private Collection, consigned to Sotheby's New York after the collector's death
	date: early 1970s–2003
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	(Sotheby's New York, NY, March 26, 2003, lot 28, sold to John and Maxeen Flower)
	date: March 26, 2003
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	Dr. John and Maxeen Stone Flower [1928–2010], Shaker Heights, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: March 26, 2003–2011
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2011–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's, New York. <em>Indian &amp; Southeast Asian Art</em>. 26 March 2003. Lot 28.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot 28, pp. 38–39
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IMAGES

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