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Head of a Male Deity (Deva)

Khmer · Angkor period, late 12th–early 13th century

Provenance

Ownership history

With Jean Moura (1827‒1885), Moissac, France, by 1879; by descent to his wife, Elisabeth Coralie Moura (1829‒1922; born Elisabeth Coralie Chantot), Moissac, France, 1885 [Foucher 1913]. With Ching Tsai Loo (C.T. Loo, 1880‒1957), Paris, France, by 1922; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1924.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Literature

Foucher, Alfred, « Matériaux pour servir à l’étude de l’art khmèr. III. La Collection Moura », Bulletin de la Commission archéologique de l’Indochine (1913), 96, pl. III, fig. 2.
R.B., “Oriental Art”, Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, vol. 17, no. 3 (1923), 31–32.
C.F.K. [Charles Fabens Kelley], “Cambodian Sculptures”, Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, vol. 18, no. 4 (1924), 44, fig. 4.
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K., « Catalogue des pièces khmères conservées dans les musées de l'Amérique du Nord », Art et archéologie khmers, tome 2, fascicule 2 (1925), 239.
Kelley, Charles Fabens, Handbook of the Department of Oriental Art (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1933), 61.
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993 & rep. 2003), 89.
Wood, James & Mancoff, Debra, Treasures from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 61 (image only).
Bunker, Emma C. & Latchford, Douglas, Adoration and Glory: The Golden Age of Khmer Art (Chicago: Art Media Resources, 2004), 288–289, cat. 100.
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, rev. ed. 2009), 107.

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