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Whilst it’s not among the attention-grabbing bronzes at the National Museum, or likely to be one of the 126 bronzes that the museum will soon send to Paris for the much-anticipated Royal Bronzes of Angkor exhibition that kicks-off on 30 April at the Guimet Museum, this lower section of a larger shrine on display is interesting nonetheless. It’s been in the museum’s possession for many decades and was found in the Bat Trang commune in Mongkol Borei district in NW Banteay Meanchey, where a few notable bronzes have originated. Dated to the thirteenth century, it could’ve been displayed in an ancient temple or is small enough to have been part of a personal collection of worship artifacts. The upper section is an octagonal tower, with eight images of the Buddha wearing a sanghati or monastic robe and the right hand lowered in the 'earth witness' mudra, which symbolizes the Buddha's enlightenment under the bodhi tree. He sits atop a pedestal. This tower is placed on a four-legged square terrace, with each side adorned with a Kala head. The four corner legs are decorated with two winged Garuda and two images of Yama sat on a buffalo. Above them are four effigies of four-faced Brahma, their hands clasped in homage to the Buddhas at the center of the artifact. Mixing both Hindu and Buddhist iconography into this one shrine.Credit By :Andy Brouwer

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It’s been in the museum’s possession for many decades and was found in the Bat Trang commune in Mongkol Borei district in NW Banteay Meanchey, where a few notable bronzes have originated. Dated to the thirteenth century, it could’ve been displayed in an ancient temple or is small enough to have been part of a personal collection of worship artifacts. The upper section is an octagonal tower, with eight images of the Buddha wearing a sanghati or monastic robe and the right hand lowered in the 'earth witness' mudra, which symbolizes the Buddha's enlightenment under the bodhi tree. He sits atop a pedestal. This tower is placed on a four-legged square terrace, with each side adorned with a Kala head. The four corner legs are decorated with two winged Garuda and two images of Yama sat on a buffalo. Above them are four effigies of four-faced Brahma, their hands clasped in homage to the Buddhas at the center of the artifact. Mixing both Hindu and Buddhist iconography into this one shrine.Credit By :Andy Brouwer

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