Art & design 2-minute look

Look closely at an Angkor period altarpiece.

Altarpiece with Meditating Buddha — Bronze

A meditating Buddha anchors this bronze altarpiece associated with Cambodia or Thailand. The museum dates it to the twelfth or thirteenth century or later, preserving the uncertainty in its attribution.

Source: Art Institute of Chicago

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Digital image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kate S. Buckingham Fund

Creator: Cambodia or Thailand

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