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Male Deity, probably Shiva

mid-11th century
Not on view
Restituted
This artwork was restituted in December 2023. It is no longer in the museum’s collection.
This four-armed male deity has a high chignon of coiled dreadlocks (jatamukuta) secured with a jeweled band, a moustache, and a bearded chin. He wears a pleated waist-skirt (sampot), a portion of which is drawn between the thighs and knotted behind. Five pleats are formed by the folding of the garment in front, and a jeweled belt sash helps to secure it. This figure likely formed the centerpiece of a triad in a chapel of an unidentified temple in the vicinity of Angkor Thom. Its style relates to sculptures recorded from the Baphuon temple, a monumental step-pyramid dedicated to Shiva, built as the state temple by King Udayadityavarman II (r. 1050–66).



Deaccessioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art for return to the Kingdom of Cambodia, 2023

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Male Deity, probably Shiva
  • Period: Angkor period
  • Date: mid-11th century
  • Culture: Cambodia
  • Medium: Sandstone
  • Dimensions: H. 46 3/4 in. (118.7 cm); W. 17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm); D. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Margery and Harry Kahn, 1987
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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