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Heavenly beauty, pillar decoration
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Heavenly beauty, pillar decoration

anonymous · c. 1300 - c. 1500 · terracotta (clay material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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In contrast to Javanese sacred figures made of stone, which tend to be rigid and formal, their terracotta counterparts are often naturalistic and three-dimensional. This heavenly beauty with large ear ornaments once adorned the base of a wooden pillar in a Javanese house or in a pendopo, an open pavilion supported by columns.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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sculpturepilaarbekleding
Credit lineHeavenly beauty, pillar decoration. c. 1300 - c. 1500. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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