A remarkable group of seven bronze figures was unearthed in Kampong
Cham province, Cambodia, in 2006. These sixth- and seventh-century
Buddhist sculptures, two of which were Chinese, ultimately were
acquired by the National Museum of Cambodia. There they became one
of the first projects of the institution's Metal Conservation
Laboratory, created with the assistance of the Department of
Conservation and Scientific Research at the Freer Gallery of Art
and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
"Gods of Angkor" celebrates not only the collaborative efforts
of the Cambodian and U.S. museums to restore and interpret these
important images, but also the accomplishments of Khmer bronze
casters from the fourth century BCE to the fourteenth century CE.
The authors decipher the makeup and meaning of bronze figural
images, ritual vessels, and other objects, placing them in the
context of Southeast Asian life and worship from prehistoric times
through the pre-Angkorian and Angkorian eras. Together, the bronzes
reveal vivid details of the significance of this important medium
within Khmer culture and of the artistic and religious interactions
of the Khmer with their neighbors.
Louise Allison Cort is curator of ceramics and Paul Jett is head
of the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, both at
the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington,
D.C. Other contributors include Ian C. Glover, John Guy, and Hiram
Woodward Jr.
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