Bodhisattva Avaolkiteshvara
This four-armed Avalokiteshvara relates to a cache of small icons recovered by chance at the early eighth-century Khmer brick-and-sandstone temple Prasat Ak Yom, located on what is now an embankment of the West Baray, the eleventh-century reservoir in Angkor. This temple was likely the earliest step-pyramid temple in Khmer history. It has two doorjamb inscriptions, dated 674 and 704, respectively. During excavations in the 1930s, a set of bronzes was found secreted away in a cavity behind a lintel. This bronze is probably from the same workshop that supplied the Prasat Ak Yom temple with its images.
cat. no. 132
cat. no. 132
Artwork Details
- Title: Bodhisattva Avaolkiteshvara
- Period: pre-Angkor period
- Date: second half of the 7th–early 8th century
- Culture: Western Cambodia
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Dimensions: H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); D. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1987
- Object Number: 1987.145
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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