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

Description 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.

Exhibitions

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

Provenance 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.

Inscriptions none

Credit Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992