Female Divinity (Lakshmi?) Sandstone Vietnam, Cham Period, My Son A1 style

A high relief depicting a female figure standing in a frontal position, her arms down by her sides holding what appear to be lotus buds in each hand, wearing a long dhoti wrapped around the waist, the end forming a triangular shape at the front, the elongated earlobes adorned with large circular earrings, the hair arranged in a high chignon with the stepped hairline just visible beneath a diadem, her face with a serene expression, her lips forming a smile.

Acquired 1970

Compare to a figure in Catherine Noppe and Jean-François Hubert ed., Arts du Vietnam, La fleur du pêcher et l'oiseau d'azur, Musée Royal de Mariemont, Belgium, 2002, p. 139, fig. 8.19.