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Asian Art
Public domain

Torso of a Female Deity

10th century

Stone

15 11/16 × 5 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (39.8 × 14.5 × 9 cm)
Bequest of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes, B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1949
2014.121.112
Geography: 
Geography Cambodia
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Cambodia, Khmer
Period: 
10th century
Classification: 
Sculpture
Provenance: 

Asian Art Fair, New York, 2005; purchased by Thomas Leland Hughes (1924–2000) and Erika Hughes, New York; bequest in 2014 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 2015,” http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.