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Carved sandstone standing figure with a tall cylindrical crown and draped lower garment, arms and lower legs broken, against a black background.

Harihara, standing sandstone deity, Cambodia or Vietnam

A standing sandstone figure of a deity wears a tall cylindrical crown and a draped dhoti secured by a belt with a looped knot at the front. The arms below the elbows and the legs below the knees are broken away, and the body is shown against a plain black background.

Artist
Unknown
Date
late 7th–early 8th century
Medium
Sandstone
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2990 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 734).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Laurance S. Rockefeller Gift and Anonymous Gift, 1977

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