Goddess
c.1050-1100
Asia: Cambodia
Not on View

This well preserved female figure is either Uma, the spouse of Shiva, or Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu. Her hair is arranged in an elaborate two-tiered lotiform chignon, while her hollowed eyes were once inlaid with semiprecious stones.

Details

  • Title: Goddess
  • Date: c.1050-1100
  • Medium: Sandstone
  • Dimensions: 28-1/2 in. (72.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
  • Accession Number: M.1980.17.S
  • Copyright: © Norton Simon Art Foundation

Object Information

Where Art Meets Science: Ancient Sculpture from the Hindu-Buddhist World

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2011-04-22 to 2011-08-01

Durga: Avenging Goddess, Nurturing Mother

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2005-10-07 to 2006-03-27
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Marg, fig. 26 pp. 79-80
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, American Collectors of Asian Art, 1986, fig. 26 pp. 143-144
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum, Volume 3: Art from Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia, 2004, no. 147 pp. 107, 182, 188-189, 193, 195
  • Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 974 p. 358

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