Unknown Artist
- Title
- Head of Buddha
- Place of origin
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Cambodia
- Cultural origin
- Khmer style
- Year
- 14th century
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- stone
- Dimensions
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30.5 x 23.0 x 23.0cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1967
- Accession number
- EV3.1967
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
The history of Cambodia is often considered in three major periods: the pre-Angkor period, from the beginnings of Indianisation to c800 CE; the Angkor period, from 800s to 1431; and a post-Angkor period, dating from the city’s final abandonment about 1431 as a consequence of sustained attacks from Thailand. Much of Cambodia’s surviving cultural heritage is in the form of stone and metal iconic and architectural pieces from the Angkor period and earlier.
Theravada Buddhism swept through Cambodia in the 1200s, although the reasons for the widespread conversion remain unclear.
Asian Art Department, 2003
- Bibliography (2)
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The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 315 (colour illus.).
William Watson (Australia, b.1917) (Author), Thai and Khmer sculpture, Sydney, 1967. cat.no. 33
- Exhibition history (1)
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Thai and Khmer Sculpture (1967), David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, Nov 1967 -.
