Head of a “Radiating Avalokiteshvara”

Provenance

With Jean Moura (1827‒1885), Moissac, France, by 1879; by descent to his wife, Elisabeth Coralie Moura (1829‒1922; born Elisabeth Coralie Chantot), Moissac, France, 1885 [Foucher 1913]. With Ching Tsai Loo (1880‒1957), Paris, France, by 1922; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1924.

Head of a “Radiating Avalokiteshvara”

Khmer

Angkor period, late 12th–early 13th century

Accession Number

11502

Medium

Sandstone

Dimensions

47.7 × 20.4 × 22.9 cm (18 3/4 × 8 × 9 in.)

Classification

stone (unidentified)

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Samuel M. Nickerson Endowment