12 From The Archives / Champa


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CHAMPA KINGDOM 1 Yaksha (?), bas relief, Tra Kieu, Quang Nam province, circa 6th century, stone, height 68 cm


2 Tympanum depicting Vishnu Anantasayin and the birth of Brahma, Central Vietnam, mid-7th century, excavated from temple E1, My Son, Quang Nam province by Charles Carpeaux in 1903, sandstone, 115 x 240 x 30 cm, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang 3 Carved stone bas relief, My Son, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang 4 Flying warrior, My Son C1, 10th century, Quang Nam Museum of Cham Sculpture


5 Enthroned Planetary Deity, Central Vietnam, third quarter of the 9th century, sandstone, height 90 cm, recorded by Parmentier and Carpeaux in 1902 during excavations near the northeast tower, Dong Duon, Quang Nam province, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang 6 Garuda, Thap Mam, 13th century, Binh Dinh, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Danang


7 Ganesha, Central Vietnam, late 7th/8th century, discovered in templeE5, My Son, Quang Nam province in 1903, then transferred to Musée Henri Parmentier, Da Nang in 1918, sandstone, height 196 cm, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang


8 Tympanum, dancing Shiva, 10th century, in a transitional style between the Dong Duong and Khyong My styles, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang 9 Isana, in the form of Shiva, My Son B, sandstone, 10th century, height 78 cm, Quang Nam, Museum of Cham Sculpture 10 Garuda and Naga, Tra Kieu, 10th century, sandstone, Museum of Vietnamese History, Chi Minh City 11 Garuda devouring a serpent, Thap Mam style, 13th century, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang 12 Shiva dancing, sandstone, 12th/13th century, Thap Mam, Museum of Cham Sculpture, Da Nang


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hampa art is still rather under- acknowledged, but it is in fact one of the major expressions of


the ancient arts of Southeast Asia. Like the kingdom and civilisation of Angkor,


Champa was virtually


unknown to the Western world until the advent of colonial rule in Indochina, at which point it drew the attention of French scholars, such as Henri Parmentier (1870-1949). Between 1902 and 1905, Parmentier and Carpeaux studied,


depicted, and preserved Champa monuments in Vietnam, including the Hindu temple complex, My Son in 1903-04. Te Cham people were an ancient seafaring culture that lived in what is now central and southern Vietnam, and their art is related to Hindu and Buddhist art from Southeast Asia,


dominating the


central plains of Vietnam. Between the 5th and early 19th centuries, the Cham people inhabited the coastal kingdoms between Binh Tuan Province in the south and Quang Tri Province in the north. Te Cham were concentrated in the river basins that reach inland to the mountains, providing access to the forests and goods that formed the bulk of the export products of mainland Southeast Asia; therefore maritime trade became their primary source of income. Te Champa kingdom built its


power and position through the control of the maritime


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