Angkor period, c. 12th-13th century
Sandstone
Gift of the John Young Foundation
John Young Museum of Art, 1998
(1998.1.60)
This octagonal-shaped colonnette (doorframe pillar) is a necessary component of the Khmer temple program. Colonnettes support the decorated, non-weight bearing, lintels such as the ones you see in this exhibition. Similar to the way in which style is used to date lintels and statuary within the Angkor period, we can use known sites with surviving colonnettes to help us find an approximate date. Despite overall wear to this colonnette, the general pattern suggests a date in the later half of the Angkor period. The simplification of this pattern may also indicate that this colonnette was part of a Khmer temple outside of Angkor’s capital.
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