Buddha at the Moment of Victory

Description The Buddha is depicted at the moment of his victory over the forces of evil, when he took his right hand from his lap (where it had been resting as he meditated) and touched the earth. Following the emergence of Sukhothai as an independent kingdom in the late 13th century, a new style of Buddha image was developed in Siam (Thailand).

Exhibitions

• Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.

Provenance Luang Ban; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, 1949, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1964, inv. no. 628]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.

Credit Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992