Detail View: The AMICA Library: Crowned Buddha Seated in Meditation and Sheltered by Muchilinda

AMICA ID: 
ASIA.1979.068a-c
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Southeast Asian; Cambodian
Creator Name-CRT: 
Cambodian
Title: 
Crowned Buddha Seated in Meditation and Sheltered by Muchilinda
View: 
Full view
Creation Date: 
Angkor period, Angkor Wat style, possibly 12th century
Creation Start Date: 
1100
Creation End Date: 
1199
Materials and Techniques: 
Copper alloy with recent covering of black and gold lacquer and gold leaf
Classification Term: 
Bronzes
Creation Place: 
Cambodia
Dimensions: 
H. 23 3/4 in. (73 cm)
AMICA Contributor: 
Asia Society
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
1979.068a-c
Credit Line: 
Asia Society: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
Rights: 
Related Document Description: 
Asia Society. Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. New York: Asia Society, [1981], p. 34.
Related Document Description: 
Baker, Elizabeth C. 'Cambodian Canons.' ARTnews (December 1969), pp. 28-31, 64-67.
Related Document Description: 
Coedes, George. 'Une exposition des sculptures khmeres et siamoises au Musée Cernuschi.' Artibus Asiae 3 (1926), p. 195.
Related Document Description: 
Le Bonheur, Albert. 'Review of Sherman E. Lee, Ancient Cambodian Sculpture.' Artibus Asiae 33 (1971), p. 240.
Related Document Description: 
Lee, Sherman E. Ancient Cambodian Sculpture. New York: Asia Society, 1969, pp. 67, 106-07.
Related Document Description: 
Leidy, Denise Patry. 'Iconography and Provenance: Buddhist Art from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection.' Orientations (March 1993), p. 53.
Related Document Description: 
Pal, Pratapaditya, et al. Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984, pp. 19, 43, 161, 180.
Related Document Description: 
Treasures of Asian Art: Selections from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, The Asia Society, New York. Hong Kong and Singapore: Hong Kong Museum of Art and National Museum Singapore, 1993, pp. 92, 93.
Related Document Description: 
Treasures of Asian Art: Selections from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, The Asia Society, New York. Tokyo: Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 1992, pp. 70, 132-33.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
ASIA.1979.068.a.tif