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Reclining Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
This reclining image may represent Shakyamuni Buddha in his last moments before his death (parinirvana). It also simply may represent him lying down to rest. The body of this image has few individually articulated elements. The left arm does not rest on the body; it is, instead, a tapering tubular mass that culminates in the curved and magically floating fingers. The generalization of forms is akin to that seen in numerous standing images of the later centuries. Although a stiff puckering and forward projection of the lips can be observed on images made as early as the 16th century, it is also a trait found on images made much later. The possibility of a date considerably later than the 17th century cannot be excluded.
Provenance
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Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, 1949 or earlier [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992.
[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1965, inv. no. 502
Geographies
Thailand (Lan Na) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Figure H: 4 5/16 × L: 18 1/8 × W: 4 5/8 in. (11 × 46.1 × 11.8 cm); Base H: 3 7/16 × L: 19 × W: 6 in. (8.7 × 48.2 × 15.2 cm); Figure on base H: 7 5/16 × L: 19 × W: 6 in. (18.5 × 48.2 × 15.2 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.
54.2736