Brahma head; late 10th - early 11th century.

Head of Brahma; late 10th - early 11th century.
Carved sandstone.
Attached certificate issued by Kanzen Antiqueo Gallery.
Measurements: 22,5 x 17 x 18 cm; 8,5 x 12,5 x 12,5 cm (base).
Angkor Wat, is the largest preserved religious monument (or monumental complex) in the world, with more than 162 hectares. It was originally built as a Hindu temple to the god Vishnu by the Khmer Empire, becoming an important center of Buddhism towards the end of the twelfth century (which continues today), without ever being completely abandoned although it did go through periods of decadence (mainly after the sixteenth century). Apart from the typology of constructions (mainly two, the "mountain-temple" and the later gallery temple; designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the "devas" of Hindu mythology) it is decorated with a large number of friezes of stone bas-reliefs with various themes (Ramayana and Mahabharata on the inner walls of the outer gallery; in other areas the Battle of Lanka, the Battle of Kurukshetra, a procession of King Suryavarman II, the 32 hells and the 37 paradises or heavens of Hinduism, the Samudramanthan, Vishnu defeating "asuras" -added in the 16th century, apparently-, scenes from the life of Krishna, apsaras, devata, etc.).