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Photo 983(9)
- Record Id:
- 040-003299031
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003299022
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x00073a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 983(9)
- Title:
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IX. Interior Ornaments of the Temple [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
Close view of carved base of a pilaster, adorned with two female divinities or nymphs (apsaras), each wearing ornate three-pointed floral head-dresses or crowns.
'This subject represents the ornamented pilasters which adorn each side of the inner gateway of the temple. The female figures shewn occur in groups throughout the walls of the entire building. They are nearly life-size, and are known to the natives as the Chao Savan, who are supposed to form the retinue of the deified kings. They are found almost invariably wearing this three-pointed crown; and the same subjects are again found on a smaller scale, as Tewadah (angels), floating in mid-air above some of the bas-relief representations, and sculptured in dancing attitudes on the frieze of the inner galleries.'
('Description of the Photographs', p. 45.)
[Albumen print, signed 'J. Thomson' in the negative, 185x227mm].
Subjects = apsaras; Khmer architecture; Khmer sculpture; printed books; sculpture; temples; Thomson, J., 'The antiquities of Cambodia' (1867)
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003299022
040-003299031 - Is part of:
- Photo 983 : The antiquities of Cambodia. A series of photographs taken on the spot with letterpress description. Photographer(s): Thomson, John
Photo 983(9) : IX. Interior Ornaments of the Temple [Angkor Wat]. Photographer: Thomson, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-003299022[0009]/040-003299031
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 983
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1866
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Thomson, John
- Subjects:
- Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
- Places:
- Angkor, Siem Reap, Siem Reab [Siĕmréab], Cambodia, Asia