Standing Buddha

Description This image was made by a sculptor following a lingering Cambodian tradition. It may originally been placed in a temple flanking a principal image. The raised right hand, in Indian images of the Buddha, signifies "protection from fear"; in Thailand, it has forbidding or commanding connotations.

Exhibitions

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

Provenance Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, 1948 or before [1]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1992. [1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1964, inv. no. 734

Credit Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992