Before the items from the Angkor Conservation were
transferred to the Royal Palace, the Phnom Penh Museum did not own any example
of female deity from the Bakheng style.
Figure19. Body of female deity
Unknown origin. Property of the Conservation
d’Angkor
H: 115 cm
Ka. 2985 DCA:3338
In spite of its badly poor condition, this piece is
interesting as an example of Bakheng style art.
The style of the sampot worn by the goddess is
called ‘sampot bat’, folded sampot. It is tied with a belt adorned with
rosettes and pendants and the triangle fold from the Preah Ko style has
disappeared; the fold at the front spreads from one hip to the other.
In must be noted that from this style onwards, all
the deities wear pleated sampots.
