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 20 Mar 2013 Sculpture
Essay:
The Mon-Dvaravati Tradition of Early North-Central Thailand
By Kurt Behrendt
Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Between the seventh and ninth centuries, multiple competing kingdoms emerged in central Thailand and it is at this time that the earliest Buddhist and ... Read More
 20 Mar 2013 Sculpture
Standing Hari-Hara
Pre-Angkor period, Prasat Andet style
Late 7th–early 8th century
Cambodia or Vietnam

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35 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (90.2 x 34 cm)

The veneration of a composite of Vishnu (Hari) and Shiva (Hara) was popular in the Mekong Delta area in the seventh and eighth centuries. Shiv... Read More