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Seated Buddha in "Marajivaya"
(Southeast Asia )
This image, technically inept and rather crudely modeled, is nevertheless interesting for what it suggests about popular tendencies, possibly in the Kamphaeng Phet region in about the first half of the 14th century. The elements- such as the thick brows- are mostly those of the late Lopburi or early U Thong style. The lap deepens, and the right forearm lies flat. A certain jauntiness is introduced by the angle of the right elbow and of the mantle, and especially by the asymmetry of the facial features.
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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.
Private collection, Kamphaeng Phet; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, January 20, 1951, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 718]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
at knees: 10 7/16 x 7 7/16 in. (26.5 x 18.9 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
54.2791