Khmer Stone Statue of Uma

Origin: Cambodia
Circa: 10th - 11th century AD
Dimensions: 17.25" Height (43.8 cm) on included custom stand
Medium: Sandstone

A skillfully carved stone statue of a female perhaps the goddess Uma depicted in the round and facing forward. She wears a sampot, the 1500 year-old traditional dress of Cambodia around her lower body it is finely rendered to suggest folds of drapery and tasteful decoration. Her torso is nude presenting voluptuous breasts and a navel at the center of her belly. Uma is one of the names of Parvati, Hindu goddess of love and fertility the supreme mother goddess. Her statues and iconography grace Hindu temples throughout Southeast Asia reflecting the strength of her worship.