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Apsara

Keywords : Bayon, Mahayana Buddhism, Jayavarman VII, Pratchayaparamitta, Apsara, Ta Bhrama

Site common namePrasat Ta Brahma
Type of artworkSculpture
Province/CitySiem Reap
CountryCambodia

History of productionPrasat Ta Bhrama was built in the reign of king Chayavaraman VII. He built this Prasat for his mother and establish his mother as Pratchayaparamitta.
ArtApsara, craved on the wall, has a square face of Bayon style. She closes her eyes and has a gentle smile. The head is decorated with a crown with three rows of flowers. The earings are large tufts and the left hand holds flowers. The cloth is long and both ends of the cloth are in triangular shape similar to the fish tail. The belt is large and decorated with tufts.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBayon
Age18 Century BE.
ReligionBuddhism
SectMahayana

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali