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<em>Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style</em>, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_overall_PS11.jpg)
Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_overall_PS11.jpg)
<em>Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style</em>, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_overall_PS11.jpg)

Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_overall_PS11.jpg)

<em>Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style</em>, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_bw.jpg)

Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_bw.jpg)

<em>Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style</em>, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

<em>Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style</em>, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

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Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, North, 2nd floor (Japan)
MEDIUM Sandstone
  • Place Made: Cambodia
    • DATES late 12th–early 13th century
    PERIOD Khmer Period
    DIMENSIONS 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm) mount (dims using mount m1): 9 × 5 × 5 1/2 in. (22.9 × 12.7 × 14 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 83.253
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Carol L. Brewster
    PROVENANCE Prior to 1980, provenance not yet documented; between 1973 and 1980, purchased at Christie's Amsterdam by Carol Leiper Brewster of Owing Mills, MD; December 26, 1983, gift of Carol Leiper Brewster to the Brooklyn Museum.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, North, 2nd floor (Japan)
    CAPTION Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_overall_PS11.jpg)
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    <em>Head of a Bodhisattva Lokesvara, Bayon style</em>, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone, 8 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (22.2 × 12.1 × 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Carol L. Brewster, 83.253. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 83.253_overall_PS11.jpg)

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