The bodhisattva Lokeshvara

anonymous, 1175 - 1250

This head was found near the western gate of the walled city of Angkor Thom. In the late 12th century the bodhisattva Lokeshvara was particularly revered there. The head’s distinctive expression, with closed eyes and a blissful smile, is typical of figures from this period of Cambodian art.

  • Artwork typesculpture, fragment, Lokeshvara, hoofd
  • Object numberAK-MAK-226
  • Dimensionsheight 38.1 cm x width 20.1 cm x depth 21.1 cm x weight 17.1 kg

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Head of the bodhisattva Lokeshvara
    • The bodhisattva Lokeshvara
    • The bodhisattva Lokeshvara (former title)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-226

  • Description

    Fragment (hoofd) van Bodhissatva Lokeshvara met de typische Bayon-glimlach; beeltenis van Boeddha Amithaba voor de hoofdtooi.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Cambodja

  • Dating

    1175 - 1250

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 38.1 cm x width 20.1 cm x depth 21.1 cm x weight 17.1 kg

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase École des Arts Cambodgiens, 1931)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; through the mediation of the École française d'Extrême-Orient purchsed from the École des Arts Cambodgiens, 1931;{Southworth 2013} from whom to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • William Southworth, 'Conceptual Restoration 2 : A body in Cambodia', Aziatische Kunst 45 (2014) nr. 2, p. 13-18.
    • G. de Coral Rémusat, L'art Khmer, 1940, p. 124-125, pl. 123, 128.
    • Grostier, Collections Khmères a Phnom Pehn, 1931, pl. VIII.

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