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Head and Upper Body of a Seated Buddha in "Maravijaya"

Thai (Sculptor)
14th century (Sukhothai)
hollow cast arsenical bronze
(Southeast Asia )

This small bronze is likely representative of a style that spread in a period before the creation of the classic Sukhothai style in the middle of the 14th century. There are reasons to look for stylistic sources in the Martaban region. The possibility remains, however, that this image representa a substyle that did not develop until the 2nd half of the 15th century.

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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.

Nakhon Kasem, Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, July 1949, by purchase, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1985, inv. no. 620]; 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

Thailand, Chiang Saen (Place of Origin)

Measurements

5 7/8 in. (15 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.

54.2771

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