Two Kneeling Attendants

These two kneeling attendants were acquired in four separate parts: head (1987.410) attached to body (1992.390.1); head (1989.100) attached to body (1992.390.2)

Head (1987.410): Spink & Son Ltd, London and Douglas Latchford, London (until 1987); deaccessioned for return to Cambodia in May 2013.

Exhibition History: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, 1994 to present.

References: (1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Annual Report for the Year 1987–1988, p. 19. (2) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1992–1993, 51, no .2 (Fall 1993), p. 93. (3) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: The Arts of South and Southeast Asia, 51, no. 4 (Spring 1994), p. 14.

Body (1992.390.1): Douglas Latchford, London (until 1992); deaccessioned for return to Cambodia in May 2013.

Exhibition History: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, 1994 to present.

References: (1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Annual Report for the Year 1992–1993, p. 18. (2) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1992–1993, 51, no .2 (Fall 1993), p. 93. (3) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin: The Arts of South and Southeast Asia, 51, no. 4 (Spring 1994), p. 14.

Head (1989.100): Raymond G. and Milla Louise Handley, Palo Alto, California (until 1989); deaccessioned for return to Cambodia in May 2013.

Exhibition History: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, 1994 to present.

References: (1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Annual Report for the Year 1988–1989, p. 19. (2) Carò, Federico. “Khmer Stone Sculptures: A Collection Seen from a Material Point of View,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 67, no. 1 (Summer 2009), pp. 30, 32.

Body (1992.390.2): Douglas Latchford, London (until 1989); deaccessioned for return to Cambodia in May 2013.

Exhibition History: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, 1994 to present.

References: (1) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Annual Report for the Year 1992–1993, p. 18. (2) Carò, Federico. “Khmer Stone Sculptures: A Collection Seen from a Material Point of View,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 67, no. 1 (Summer 2009), pp. 30, 32.