Collection Cambodia

Mandala tablet

Mandala

Bronze Khmer Angkor period, Bayon style 12th/13th c. Inv. SCML.CA-CFC.0875.1.2

Buddhist icons

This particular form of mandala, a kind of instrument used in esoteric Buddhist rituals, with five Hevajras dancing beneath a single meditating Buddha (possibly Vairocana) is unique in the material record of Khmer 13th century Buddhist icons.