Yaksha, possibly Kubera, pre-Angkor period, late 6th–early 7th century, Southern Cambodia or Vietnam, Sandstone, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); W. 14 in. (35.5 cm); D. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Sculpture, Spirits—some protective, many malevolent—have always populated the landscape of Southeast Asia. Among the earliest surviving figurative sculptures from the region are enigmatic images best understood as personifications of the land and its elements—rocks, rivers, and trees
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Yaksha, Kubera, pre-Angkor period, late 6th–early 7th century, Southern Cambodia, Vietnam, Sandstone, H, 13 3/4, 34.9 cm, W, 14, 35.5, D, 6, 15.2, Sculpture, Spirits— protective, malevolent—, populated, landscape, Southeast Asia, earliest surviving, figurative, sculptures, region, enigmatic images, best, understood, personifications, land, elements—rocks, rivers, trees
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