sandstone 10th century rearing man lion display the dallas museum art texas |
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Pictured is a sandstone 10th century rearing man-lion on display in the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas. It has the head of a lion and the body of a man. The man-lion is another example in South Asian art of the protective and apotropaic, or evil averting, monster. It is from the Koh Ker period, Khmer empire, Cambodia. |
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