# Head of a Buddha

- By: anonymous
- Date: 800 - 850
- Medium: andesite
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 28.5 cm x width 24 cm x depth 26 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Willy van der Mandele, 1948)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-239--aef2725e7664d8517bbaa23f07b6118c)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/FiUgt/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This head probably comes from one of the 504 Buddha statues placed on and around the great Buddhist monument of Borobudur. All these figures represent the Buddha seated, with his eyes cast down. The raised spot between the eyebrows, the urna, and the protuberance on the head, the ushnisha, signify the Buddha’s holiness.