Apsara Bracket
Unknown Artist
900s
Medium
Sandstone
Dimensions
h. 55.9 cm, d. 53.3 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd.
Accession Number
1990.34
About this artwork
This celestial being is a resident of heaven, ornamented as a goddess with tiered crown, heavy earrings, and broad necklace. She reverently proffers an offering, possibly a lotus bud. This figure would have been part of the embellishment of a Cham temple. Her bust emerges from an architectural element that may have formed the end of a balustrade or ceiling bracket.