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Caitya sculpture (© Ashmolean Museum)
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© Ashmolean Museum

Caitya sculpture

Artist: Cambodian

Location: Ashmolean Museum

Date: 900 - 999

Materials: sandstone

Dimensions: 110 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £21,000 (Total: £75,000)

Vendor: Spink

Review number: 4646 (1999)

Provenance:
From Prasat Ta Moan, Dangrek, Cambodia; given by the King of Cambodia to M Baradat, his elephant vet; taken to France in 1946 by M Baradat; subsequently with present vendor.

Description:
Sculpture depicting standing figures of auspicious and protective Mahayana Buddhist deities on its four faces.

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