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Source Description
This head is from one of the gods (<em>devas</em> in Sanskrit) who, according to Hindu myth, churned the primordial Ocean of Milk to extract the nectar of immortality. Using a mountain as a churning rod and a serpent as the rope, the gods on one side and the demons on the other vied to win the nectar. The gods prevailed and achieved immortality.
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Document identity
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169267
label
Colossal Head of a Deva
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object
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169267
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object
title
Colossal Head of a Deva
description
This head is from one of the gods (<em>devas</em> in Sanskrit) who, according to Hindu myth, churned the primordial Ocean of Milk to extract the nectar of immortality. Using a mountain as a churning rod and a serpent as the rope, the gods on one side and the demons on the other vied to win the nectar. The gods prevailed and achieved immortality.
date
c. 1200
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80076289
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Stone
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 71.3 x 50 x 47 cm (28 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
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Cambodia, Angkor, Preah Khan
accession
2011.147
Source extras
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sandstone
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Colossal Head of a Deva, c. 1200. Cambodia, Angkor, Preah Khan. Sandstone; overall: 71.3 x 50 x 47 cm (28 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma, 2011.147
collection
Cambodian Art
didYouKnow
The deity’s conical tiara consists of a diadem with floral decoration and is topped by a five-tiered lotus narrowing upward.
citations
citation
Sotheby's, New York. <em>Indian & Southeast Asian Art</em>. 26 March 2003. Lot 28.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot 28, pp. 38–39
citation
Mann, C. Griffith, and Amy Bracken Sparks. "Acquisitions 2011." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 52, no. 2 (March/April 2012): 10–27.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 18–19
creditline
Gift of Maxeen and John Flower in honor of Dr. Stanislaw Czuma
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2413aa3cdb504a368b58b47e5fbefe08
galleryDonorText
Nancy F. & Joseph P. Keithley Gallery
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2026-06-18 21:17:55.071000
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169267
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Indian and Southeast Asian Art
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Cambodian Art
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sandstone
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0
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