Dancing Asparas Angkor Wat Stone Temple Relief

The Dancing Apsaras (Celestial Dancers) of Angkor Wat (Temple City).

Presumed a souvenir work of the 20th Century symbolic of the temple reliefs found in Cambodia, Khmer, Angkor Wat Period (ca. 12th. century AD).

This is a lovely symbolic relief sculpture piece from Angkor Wat of Dancing Apsaras. Featuring four unique dancers, presented on a 3 x 4in. natural sandstone carving, much like a soft brick consistency. The carving includes designs along the top and bottom. The history and significance of the dancers is shared herein.

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin verb relevare, to raise (‘to lift back'). To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the sculpted material has been raised above the background plane. When a relief is carved into a flat surface of stone (relief sculpture or relief carving), the field is actually lowered, leaving the unscu