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second half of the 7th–early 8th century · Copper alloy · Asian Art

This four-armed Avalokiteshvara relates to a cache of small icons recovered by chance at the early eighth-century Khmer brick-and-sandstone temple Prasat Ak Yom, located on what is now an embankment of the West Baray, the eleventh-century reservoir in Angkor. This temple was likely the earliest step-pyramid temple in Khmer history. It has two doorjamb inscriptions, dated 674 and 704, respectively. During excavations in the 1930s, a set of bronzes was found secreted away in a cavity behind a lintel. This bronze is probably from the same workshop that supplied the Prasat Ak Yom temple with its images. cat. no. 132

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half of the 7th–early 8th century

Medium

Copper alloy

Culture

Western Cambodia

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1987