Bust of a Naga seated Buddha Khmer, Cambodia, Angkor Wat Period, 12th century BC Sandstone 15,5 cm height with a metal stand. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Vesailles, France, 1970 - 1980. CONDITION: Very good. During one of the weeks following his enlightenment, the Buddha Shakyamuni was sheltered from the rain by a serpent known as a "naga." In Cambodia, the naga, in the form of a multi-headed hooded cobra, was considered to be the spirit of the irrigating rivers and canals as well as a rainbow-bridge to heaven. This sculpture is carved from arkosic wacke, a type of sandstone rich in the mineral feldspar, which gives it a crystalline quality. The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.