1929 Photogravure Angkor Wat Temple Cambodia Apsara Spirit Bas Relief Sculpture

This is an original 1929 photogravure of the gate reliefs of Angkor Wat in Angkor, Cambodia (Kampuchea). Angkor Wat was built for King Suryavarman II in the 12th century, and is the world's largest religious building. The temple represents Mount Meru, the sacred mountain in both Hinduism and Buddhism. Originally, the temple was Hindu, and later Buddhist. The bas reliefs are of Apsaras, female spirits of the water and clouds. The photographer of this image is Dr. Martin Hürlimann of Berlin, Germany. His photographs were largely composed of cities and civilizations, and taken mostly with a Sinclair camera. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptional collection of historic original photogravures of the landscape, architecture, and people of Ceylon and Indochina including the present-day countries of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos, and Yunnan, a Province of southwestern China. The actual border around the photogravure is larger than what is shown in the digital image