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Mystical beast with stylized foliage, fragment from a door jamb.
Cambodian (Khmer)
12th century
Object Place: perhaps Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Medium/Technique
Sandstone
Dimensions
22.2 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Amos Cummings Fund
Accession Number25.571
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
Provenance1925, sold by the École Française d’Éxtrême Orient (EFEO) at the Musée Albert Sarraut, Phnom Penh, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 5, 1925)
NOTE: The EFEO oversaw Cambodia’s archaeological initiatives and monument preservation. In 1923, it was decided to sell archaeological materials that were duplicative, fragmentary, or otherwise lacking “scientific or artistic interest.” Sales were held publicly at the Musée Sarraut under the supervision of the Directorate of Arts (Direction des Arts Cambodgiens). See Gabrielle Abbe, “The Selling of Khmer Artifacts During the Colonial Era,” in Returning Southeast Asia’s Past, ed. Louise Tythacott and Panggah Ardiyansyah (Singapore, 2021), pp. 41-61.
NOTE: The EFEO oversaw Cambodia’s archaeological initiatives and monument preservation. In 1923, it was decided to sell archaeological materials that were duplicative, fragmentary, or otherwise lacking “scientific or artistic interest.” Sales were held publicly at the Musée Sarraut under the supervision of the Directorate of Arts (Direction des Arts Cambodgiens). See Gabrielle Abbe, “The Selling of Khmer Artifacts During the Colonial Era,” in Returning Southeast Asia’s Past, ed. Louise Tythacott and Panggah Ardiyansyah (Singapore, 2021), pp. 41-61.