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This is an early Pre-Angkor sculpture from the end of the seventh century depicting a female deity with four arms, most likely to be the goddess Uma who is also known as Parvati or Durga, the consort of the all-powerful Shiva. She is devoid of her arms, her feet and pedestal, all tell-tale hallmarks of a looted sculpture, but has miraculously retained her head. She was selected as one of 41 antiquities to be the focus of the book, Thai and Cambodian Sculpture from the 6th to 14th Centuries, which was published in 1989 by authors Wolfgang Felten and Martin Lerner. The statues were all previously unpublished and were held in private collections, out of sight of the general public. With her noticeable hip-sway, she reminds me of the Uma figure that is in the possession of the Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland, added here for comparison.

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