anonymous
Head of a Buddha
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Head of a Buddha” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This head probably comes from one of the 504 Buddha statues placed on and around the great Buddhist monument of Borobudur. All these figures represent the Buddha seated, with his eyes cast down. The raised spot between the eyebrows, the urna, and the protuberance on the head, the ushnisha, signify the Buddha’s holiness.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- AK-MAK-239
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
