Dancing Apsara (Winged Deity) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.57.9
Title: Dancing Apsara (Winged Deity)
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: figurine, sculpture
Date: late 12th century-early 13th century
Places: Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Cambodia
Period: Angkor period, 802-1431
Culture: Khmer
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/203241

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Cast bronze; style of Angkor Thom
Dimensions: H. 20.5 x W. 10.8 x D. 6 cm (8 1/16 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
H. with mount: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Sold; [through Martin Birnbaum, Scott & Fowles, New York, New York (by 1933)]; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY (December 1933-1943), bequest; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.57.9

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Exhibition History

S424: Indian and Southeast Asian Sculpture, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 08/01/2008

Verification Level

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