A sandstone head of Jayavarman VII as Buddha

KHMER, ANGKOR PERIOD, BAYON STYLE, 13TH CENTURY

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A sandstone head of Jayavarman VII as Buddha
Khmer, Angkor period, Bayon style, 13th century
The face in a meditative expression with gently rounded features, full lips, downcast eyes, and long lobes, the hair in flat snail-shell curls rising to a conical top, the surface smoothly polished
12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm.) high

来源

Ghigo Collection, London, acquired in Bangkok, 1970

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This head relates to a group of portrait sculptures first attributed by G. Coedes as being a likeness of King Jayavarman VII, marked by broadly rounded features and a refined expression of serenity and spirituality; for a further discussion see N. Dalsheimer, Les collections du musée national de Phnom Penh, L'art du Cambodge ancien, 2001, p. 159-61.
For a discussion on the portrait heads of King Jayavarman VII and the interrelationship to features of Buddha, see H. Jessup and T. Zephir, Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia, Millennium of Glory, 1997, pp. 300-303, cat. nos. 89-91.