Decoration with Art

Head of  Buda of Banteay,  Angkor.  25 cm One of the most recent additions to our catalog is this reproduction of a Buddha head , inspired by the statues found in the temples of Angkor in Cambodia. In Khmer art from Angkor, there is an abundance of sculptures depicting divine beings from both Hindu and Buddhist religions. Among them, the images of Buddha stand out, often depicted with a serene and smiling face. This Buddha head exhibits the typical characteristics of Khmer human representations in art: a smiling face, almond-shaped eyes, well-defined eyebrows often merging into one, and lips with outlined outer edges.  These representations can be found as standalone sculptures , as reliefs on temple walls, or integrated into the architecture itself, placed above lintels or serving as column capitals. Angkor Thom-Bayon-20-Koepfe-2007-gje by Gerd Eichmann under  CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED Angkor was the capital of the Cambodian Khmer Empire (9th to 15th centuries AD), which reached its p