Pillar Fragment with Dancing Apsaras

Period:: Angkor period

Date:: late 12th–early 13th century

Culture:: Cambodia

Medium:: Stone

Dimensions:: H. 33 in. (83.3 cm); W. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); D. 9 in. (22.9 cm)

Classification:: Sculpture

Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1936

Accession Number:: 36.96.2

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 249

These two dancers, on lotus flowers within an arch, are celestial goddesses (apsaras). Their high tiaras, enigmatic smiles, and outward-turned sampots (wrap-around skirts) are indicative of the Bayon style.

[ l'École Francaise d'Extrême-Orient , Phnom Penh, by 1936; sold to MMA]

New York. Asia House Gallery. "Ancient Cambodian Sculpture," October 9, 1969–December 7, 1969.

Timelines
Southeast Asia, 1000-1400 A.D.

Department

Asian Art (35,424)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

A.D. 1000–1400 (6,905)

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