Head of the bodhisattva Lokeshvara
anonymous
1175 - 1250
Medium
sandstone
Dimensions
20.1; 17.1; 21.1; 38.1
About this artwork
Fragment (hoofd) van Bodhissatva Lokeshvara met de typische Bayon-glimlach; beeltenis van Boeddha Amithaba voor de hoofdtooi.
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...