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After 2020 restoration
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After 1978 restoration
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After 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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After 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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After 2020 restoration, left profile
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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After 2020 restoration, right profile
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Detail of the 2020 restoration
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Upper stele with hand, 2021
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Back side of upper stele with hand, 2021
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Digital rendering of 3D model overlaid with artist's reconstruction
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Photo taken at time of the 1973 acquisition. CMA archives neg. no. 42719
Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan
Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan
c. 600
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Sandstone
Overall: 203.1 x 68 x 55.5 cm (79 15/16 x 26 3/4 x 21 7/8 in.)
Weight: 930 lbs (422 kg)
John L. Severance Fund 1973.106
Location
On view at:
Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC
Apr 30, 2022 - Sep 18, 2022
Apr 30, 2022 - Sep 18, 2022
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Gold earrings were once fastened to the sculpture using holes in the figure's earlobes.
Description
This masterwork of early Cambodian sculpture shows the Hindu god Krishna effortlessly holding aloft a mountain to protect his fellow villagers and herds from torrential storms sent by a jealous old god. It is one of eight monumental monolithic figures recovered from a two-peaked mountain in the floodplains of the Mekong River delta, on the outskirts of the ancient urban center of Angkor Borei.
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