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Standing Female Deity
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About this work
This four-armed deity wears a sarong skirt, with its pleated end folded over the belt, as was the fashionable Bakheng style during this period. The incised lines beneath the breasts indicated folds of flesh as marks of beauty. This figure relates to the sculptures of the Phnom Bakheng, a temple dedicated to Shiva.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStanding Female Deity, 900s. Cambodia, Angkor, Bakheng, 10th century. Stone; overall: 89 cm (35 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1971.134
