Bowls; Cambodia; Angkor Wat; 12th century; Cambodia; 12th century

Bowls; Cambodia; Angkor Wat; 12th century
Patinated bronze
Measurements: 6,5 x 14 x 14 cm.

Lot of three bowls, for domestic or ritual use, with rounded edges and conical foot.

Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia, is the largest preserved religious monumental complex in the world, with 162 hectares. It was originally built as a Hindu temple to the god Vishnu by the Khmer Empire, becoming an important center of Buddhism in the late twelfth century (which continues today), without ever being completely abandoned, although it did go through periods of decadence. Leaving aside the typology of constructions it is decorated with a great quantity of friezes of bas-reliefs in stone with varied subjects: Ramayana and Mahabharata on the inner walls of the outer gallery; in other areas the Battle of Lanka, that of Kurukshetra, a procession of King Suryavarman II, the 32 hells and the 37 paradises or heavens of Hinduism, the Samudramanthan, Vishnu defeating "asuras", scenes from the life of Krishna, apsaras or devata.