Standing Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
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.
Provenance
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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
Exhibitions
1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 19 13/16 × W: 7 3/16 × D: 4 3/8 in. (50.3 × 18.2 × 11.1 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.
54.2798