Head of the Buddha

Description This head belongs somewhere along the path that took Lopburi stone sculpture of about the late 13th or ealry 14th century into the Early Ayutthaya style of about 1350-1450. It is a path upon which there are almost no fixed points. This stucco has a Sukhothai-like appearance because of the pointed hairline and the 'U'-incised chin; but this does not necessarily mean that what we see is the result of influence from a developed Sukhothai style.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/12/1992	Treatment	other
6/12/1992	Treatment	cleaned; loss compensation; other
4/22/1994	Examination	examined for condition

Exhibitions

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

Provenance Lopburi, Thailand; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, summer 1948 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1964, inv. no. 627]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992