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Enthroned Planetary Deity

third quarter of the 9th century
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
This sculpture and its companion (cat. no. 156) are guardian figures recovered from the Mahayana Buddhist monastery of Dong Duong, located about thirty miles south of Da Nang. The temple complex was dedicated in 875 by the Cham king Jaya Indravarman II to a syncretic deity named in the foundation inscription as Laksmindra Lokeshvara. Four such sculptures are known, all recovered from small shrines in the western precinct of the monastery. The monastery was configured around three large courtyards, each accessed through a gateway (gopura) watched over by spectacular guardians (dvarapala). The principal entrance faced east.

cat. no. 155

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Enthroned Planetary Deity
  • Date: third quarter of the 9th century
  • Culture: Central Vietnam
  • Medium: Sandstone
  • Dimensions: H. 34 1/16 in. (86.5 cm); W. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); D. est. 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm); Wt. 243 lbs (110.2 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Wittemore Fund (1935.147)
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art