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.

Provenance

Léonce Rosenberg [1879–1947], Paris, France (c. 1910–1920); Adolphe Stoclet [1871–1949], Palais Stoclet, Brussels, Belgium (1920–1949); Michèle Leon-Stoclet [1932–1967], Brussels, Belgium, and Barcelona, Spain (1949–1967); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1973–)