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Crowned Naga-Protected Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
During one of the weeks following his enlightenment, the Buddha Shakyamuni was sheltered from the rain by a serpent known as a "naga." In Cambodia, the naga, in the form of a multi-headed hooded cobra, was considered to be the spirit of the irrigating rivers and canals as well as a rainbow-bridge to heaven. This sculpture is carved from arkosic wacke, a type of sandstone rich in the mineral feldspar, which gives it a crystalline quality.
Provenance
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Luang Ban, Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, 1948 or earlier [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.
[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 445, from foundation records: "Not from Lopburi but from Angkor Wat."
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Report | other | |
| 6/22/1994 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 6/27/1994 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Cambodia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Object H: 28 3/8 × W: 13 × D: 6 7/8 in. (72 × 33 × 17.5 cm); Base H: 3 × W: 10 13/16 × D: 6 1/2 in. (7.6 × 27.5 × 16.5 cm); Overall H on base: 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
25.171