Female Figure (one of a pair). Cambodia. Angkor period, Bayon style, late 12th–early 13th century. Sandstone. H. 55 x W. 18 x D. 9 1/2 in. (139.7 x 45.7 x 24.1 cm). Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.72.2
This exhibition (running now through August 4) features a selection of the finest artworks from the renowned Asia Society Museum Collection. Included are Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics; Indian and Cambodian Hindu sculptures; and sculptures from South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas that show imagery associated with the transmission of Buddhism across the region.
