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Head of Shiva
1100s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Khmer patrons and artists produced works of art that could depict either a deified king or a god who has royal attributes. The Khmer cult of the god-king allowed for such fluidity of interpretation. Presence of a third eye in the forehead and matted locks of hair are attributes both of the Hindu god Shiva and the followers who emulated him in order to get closer to him.
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- Title: Head of Shiva
- Date Created: 1100s
- Physical Dimensions: with base: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
- Provenance: Brought from Cambodia by Louis Delaporte [1842–1925], Paris, France. After the explorer's death, it passed into the Allez collection, Lucien Allez, Paris, France, (Paul Mallon [1884–1975], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.53
- Medium: sandstone
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Cambodia, Angkor, 12th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Cambodian Art
- Accession Number: 1940.53
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