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Enthroned Seated Buddha

Bangladeshi (Sculptor)
Base: Thai (Sculptor)
Sculpture: 8th-9th century; With base: 16th century
solid cast leaded tin brass
(Southeast Asia )

The stylistic origins of this object in the bronzes of Bangladesh are clear. If it was not made there, it is likely to have been made by a sculptor trained there, or under the auspices of immigrants from there; otherwise it would probably not have been made of brass, nor would it bear an incised "Buddhist creed" at the back. The image appears to have had a renewed life beginning in about the 16th century, when the base was made.

Inscription

[Inscription] Line one: siddham [=symbol] ye dharmma hetuprabhava hetum tesam tatha-; line two: gato=avadat tesan=ca yo nirodha eva-; line three: mvadi mahasramanah; [Translation] Tathagata [the 'thus-come one,' the Buddha] has revealed the cause of those phenomena that spring from a cause also [the means of] their cessation. So says the Great Monk

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Mr. Amnuey, Lopburi, Thailand [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, January 30, 1951 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, November 7, 1956, inv. no. 305]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.

Exhibitions

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

Bangladesh (Place of Origin) Thailand (Place of Origin)

Measurements

at knees: 10 3/16 x 2 13/16 in. (25.8 x 7.2 cm);
base: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

54.2713

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