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Untitled (bas-reliefs in a temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia)
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This motif, also found in sculpture, depicts the churning of the sea of milk by the gods (Source: Dumarçay and Smithies, Cultural Sites of Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
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Title: Untitled (bas-reliefs in a temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia)
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This motif, also found in sculpture, depicts the churning of the sea of milk by the gods (Source: Dumarçay and Smithies, Cultural Sites of Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995).
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