Ta Reach Vishnu, Study II, Angkor Wat Temple, Cambodia. 2021
$195
Original artist's print on bamboo paper.
Printed area: 8 x 8 inches, 20.3 x 20.3 cm
Hand-signed and numbered on border recto.
Edition 4/25
This is an exceptional, individually crafted, museum-quality archival print on fine art paper.
It is accompanied by a unique certificate of authenticity to certify and preserve the provenance of your artwork.
Ta Reach, the King of the Ancestors, is perhaps the most historically important and venerated statue in Cambodia. For more information please see my Journal article Vishnu, the Lord of Cambodia.
Of the myriad deities depicted in the temples of Angkor, this is perhaps the most historically important.
He is Vishnu Kambujendra, the Lord of Cambodia.Erected by Jayavarman VII in Angkor Wat, the great shrine of his cousin Suryavarman II, he symbolised the supreme being’s power, in the body of the Khmer king, to subjugate neighbouring countries and to crush rebellious princes.
Today he is known and venerated locally as Ta Reach, the King of the Ancestors.
Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Cambodia today, but ancestor worship and animism have always been, and continue to be, rooted deep in the world view of the Khmer people.
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