via Viet Nam Plus, 05 January 2021: Two iconic sculptures – a Ganesha and Gajasimha – from the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture named as national treasures.
Two exhibits kept at the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture in the central city of Da Nang have been recognised as national treasures.
They include a Ganesha statue made of sandstone, which is 95cm high and 48cm long. It was unearthed in 1903 at My Son relic of the neighbouring province of Quang Nam by the French School of the Far East, and brought to the museum 15 years later.
It is one of the exceptional works that is relatively intact and boasts many unique features of the early Champa sculpture art dated back to the 7th and 8th centuries.
The second treasure is a sandstone statue of Gajasimha mythical animal measuring 215cm in height, 100cm in length and 84cm in width.
Source: Two sculptures in Da Nang named as national treasures | Culture – Sports | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
