↗Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung, 19th century · 1800s
Tampan Pasisir (Ship Cloth)
Creator not recorded
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: public domain (CC0) · Museum record & image source ↗
Cambodia · 650–99
Vishnu
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- 650–99
- Medium
- gray sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 87 cm (34 1/4 in.)
- Country / context
- Cambodia
- Movement / tradition
- Southeast Asian arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- Southeast Asian arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
The muscular physique, sensitive smile, and flat-topped high crown are characteristics of Vishnu images made during the pre-Angkorian period (c. 550–802) in Cambodia. This sculpture probably was the sole object of worship in a small brick temple sanctum.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
