佛像网

尺寸：高14.5 cm
年代：7-8世纪
质地：石雕
风格：柬埔寨
来源：伦敦V&A博物馆
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鉴赏：

Detached stone head of a deity. The softly modelled round face and simple heaped hair are characteristic of sculptures made in the seventh century at Phnom Da near Angkor Borei in southern Cambodia. The deity cannot be identified with certainty and could be either a bodhisattva or a Hindu god.

出处:
This object was purchased from Alex Biancardi (Walmore Collection) in 1988.

Alexander Biancardi (1924–1999) was a collector and dealer whose interest in Asian art, particularly medieval religious sculpture from South and South-East Asia. The V&A holds a substantial group of objects associated with him which were acquired between the late 1980s and late 1990s, through purchases, gifts, and bequests from Biancardi and his family. Several of the works are currently on display.

Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Biancardi moved to Australia in 1947, where he entered the textile trade. In the early 1960s, he relocated to France and worked for a Dutch textile company with business interests in Asia. His exposure to the region led him to begin collecting Asian art in the 1950s, a pursuit he continued into the 1990s. He returned to Australia later in life.