Medieval · Rijksmuseum · 200106519
Torso of a goddess
anonymous, Cambodja, 1050 - 1175
Rijksmuseum · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · AK-MAK-221 · Public Domain · Bruikleen van de Koninklijke Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst (aankoop École des Arts Cambodgiens, 1931) · Public domain
- Artist
- anonymous, Cambodja
- Date
- 1050 - 1175
- Medium
- steen
- Dimensions
- width 16.1 cm × height 40.5 cm × depth 8.5 cm
- Era
- Medieval
Why it matters
This figure is made in the Baphuon style, recognizable by the draped lower garment worn around the hips and fastened high at the back. The style is named after the Baphuon Temple, part of the complex at Angkor. Such garments were also worn in other regions of the Khmer empire, which extended over Cambodia and several neighbouring countries. The torso was found at Prasat Phnom Chon Lu, a temple in northeast Cambodia.