anonymous
Head of a deity with four faces
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Head of a deity with four faces” 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, which once had four faces, comes from the large Buddhist temple of Ta Prohm at Angkor. It perhaps represents Prajnaparamita, the Buddhist goddess of wisdom, rather than a male deity or bodhisattva. This is suggested by the female features on the three surviving faces.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- AK-MAK-227
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
