Description
According to a Thai text, the Buddha put on a crown and necklace when he made a magical appearance to convert a heretic king.
Exhibitions
Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
Provenance
Present in Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, July 1949 [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.
[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1985, inv. no. 852
