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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Antefix with a Mythical Kala Face

Antefix with a Mythical Kala Face, 9th century

Antefix with a Mythical Kala Face

9th century · Sculpture

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room247

On public display.

Checked: 9 days ago
In this state since: Sep 26, 2026
Source: The museum

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Particulars

Accession number: 1990.122.2

In the same room · Gallery 247, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the same theme · Faces

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What it shows

Faces Mythical Creatures

In the catalog

Sculpture Stone Before 1400 Indonesia (Java)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0)

Enthroned Buddha Attended by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani, second half of the 10th century

Enthroned Buddha Attended by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani, second half of the 10th century

Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana, ca. late 9th century

Seated Transcendent Buddha Vairochana, ca. late 9th century

The Transcendent Buddha Vairochana (?) Seated in Western Fashion, 9th century

The Transcendent Buddha Vairochana (?) Seated in Western Fashion, 9th century

Head of a Buddha, 9th century

Head of a Buddha, 9th century

Buddha Attended by Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya, second half of the 8th century

Buddha Attended by Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Maitreya, second half of the 8th century

Top of a Bell in the Form of a Kneeling Demon, 14th century

Top of a Bell in the Form of a Kneeling Demon, 14th century

Posthumous Portrait of a Queen as Parvati, 14th century

Posthumous Portrait of a Queen as Parvati, 14th century

Top of a Bell in the Form of a Demon King or Guardian, ca. second half of the 12th–early 13th century

Top of a Bell in the Form of a Demon King or Guardian, ca. second half of the 12th–early 13th century

The Tempest, Auguste Rodin, carved before 1910

Auguste Rodin

The Tempest, carved before 1910

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Balzac, Auguste Rodin, modeled ca. 1892–93, cast 1980

Auguste Rodin

Head of Balzac, modeled ca. 1892–93, cast 1980

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study for a Portrait of Mathilde Salle, Edgar Degas, modeled ca. 1892, cast 1920

Edgar Degas

Study for a Portrait of Mathilde Salle, modeled ca. 1892, cast 1920

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Storefront, Beijing, China, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1948

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Storefront, Beijing, China, 1948

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Untitled, Nam June Paik, 1978

Nam June Paik

Untitled, 1978

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Target with Four Faces [working proof], Jasper Johns, 1979

Jasper Johns

Target with Four Faces [working proof], 1979

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Target with Four Faces [trial proof], Jasper Johns, 1979

Jasper Johns

Target with Four Faces [trial proof], 1979

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Target with Four Faces [working proof], Jasper Johns, 1979

Jasper Johns

Target with Four Faces [working proof], 1979

Not on view · National Gallery of Art