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Vishnu

Keywords : Vishnu, Kulen, Cakra, Shankha

Site common namePhnom Kulen
Type of artworkSculpture
VillageMusée Guimet
CountryCambodia

History of production-
ArtVishnu image with cylindrical crown (Kiritamakuta) is typical to Pre-Angkorian period. Vishnu has four arms holding attributes including disc and conch of the upper hands as well as the club and the earth of the lower hands. He wears Sompot, in the front of which there are two fish-tail-liked tassels anticipating the later style of Angkorian period.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodKulen
Age8th-9th century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali