In the years 30-40, was published a series of postcards reproducing certain works from the Museum of Da Nang2. Several of these have been found (R. Pomédio collection / E. Hoang). Map No. 12 is identified as the reverse

Marie-Christine Duflos¹

This is a makara turned to the right of the mouth from which emerges a demon, right leg down to mid-thigh in the monster's mouth water, his left leg folded up (knees above the waist , foot against right thigh). The torso of the character is leaning toward the right hip, drawing nearly a half-circle with the curve is accentuated by the hands that come together in anjali above his head. He wears a sampot down to knee length, comprising a central panel and a pocket along with three folds on the right thigh. The clothing, held at the waist by a cloth belt, is close to that of Dvârapâla Khu'o'ng My³. The face is square with round bulging eyes. The mouth, lower lip which is hidden by the teeth of the upper jaw, reminiscent Dvârapâla above. The hair is comprised of "bits" (?) Stacked in two rows that evoke much simpler treatment of the crown of hair Dvârapâla terrible Kiêu⁴ Tra. The jewels are few: two rings on his left wrist and earrings flower with five petals. Some deva Dong Du'o'ng wear earrings fleurs⁵, but closer to those we see here are those carried by Garuda Tra Kiêu⁶.
The upper jaw of makara has four teeth (the lower jaw is missing) and extends almost vertically in a trunk curled inward.
The latter is topped by a triangular pattern plating butts on both sides (a triangle similar but butts are seen in the commissure of the lips). The eye is very round consists of 3 concentric circles and an eyebrow hemmed. As for the ear, it evokes a triangular sheet (J. Boisselier said the "cupped") and is coupled with a pattern similar but much smaller inside. Its exterior ornamentation may be broken.
This sculpture (architectural decoration of an altar or altar) was discovered during the first 6 months of 1928 by JY Claeys's website TràKiêu ⁷. Measuring 0.67 m high, it was found during work on the east face of the terrace of the main tower site called point A and was part of the decoration of the tower. Upon discovery, the piece was lodged with many others at the Museum of Touran (Da Nang), but there is no trace. We know that works in the collections of that museum were sent to the museum Tourane Blanchard de la Brosse of Saigon in 1928, 1931, 1934 and 19368, but our makara does not seem to have been part of those lots. In fact, the only piece of comparison that we could find is at the museum of Ho Chi Minh City and from the same site⁹. Makara is a view of his left profile spitting demon whose hands, lift above his head broken. The right leg of the demon does not appear exactly as the left leg of our room, and the costume includes a variant with a fluted pan folded over the belt. Finally the ear of the makara is lined decor in stock. The two makara may have been used for.
The sculptures from the site of Tra Kieu belong to the style of My So'n Al and are dating from the tenth century overall, but the relative simplicity of the Makara mentioned here and analogies with parts of Khu'o'ng My permit may be to place a little early in the style mu.

¹ Speaker of National Museums, attached to the Guimet Museum of Asian Art.
² The collection includes at least twenty cards black and white format 9x14 cm with uneven white margins: 0, 18 cm tnarge the top, bottom margin 2 cm, 0.5 cm side margins.
³ J. Boisselier, La Champa sculpture, research on cults and iconography, pub /. EFEO, Paris 1963, fig. 101.
⁴ 1. Boisselier, op. cit. Fig. 104.
⁵ J. Boisselier, op. cit. Fig. 54, 55, 56.
⁶ J. Boisselier, op. cit. Fig. 129.
⁷ J. Y. Claeys, Excavations Tra-kieu, BEFEO, t. XXVIII, 1929, p. 578 ff, pl. XXI A.
⁸ L. Malleret, General Catalogue of Collections, Volume 1: Arts of the Indian family, Musée Blanchard de la Brosse - Saigon, Hanoi 1937, p. 24.
⁹ L Malleret, op. cit. p. 54, No. 47, inv C23.1; Champa Collection, Vietnam Historical Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Ban Xuat 1994, fig. 66, p. 69.
¹⁰ J Boisselier, op. cit. p. 204, fig 139 and 140.

There is the Regional Museum in Da Nang a makara Unpublished very close to this one, though perhaps an invoice later.

Article de "La Lettre de la SACHA" n°1, july 1997, page 12.