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Head of the Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
This piece suggests that Sihing-type images began to be produced in Sukhothai and Chiang Mai workshops at the same time. The connections go further than this, however; it can be proposed that this head was cast in Chiang Mai by a Sukhothai-trained craftsman.
There are several Lan Na detached heads, similar in style, that were originally joined to the body at the neck, with corresponding notches on each edge.
Inscription
Provenance
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[Found at Chiengmai]; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, before 1955; The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1955, by gift; Walters Art Museum, 1989, by transfer of gift.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Thailand (Lan Na) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
13 3/16 x 7 13/16 in. (33.5 x 19.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of A. B. Griswold, through transfer from the Baltimore Museum of Art, 1989
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.
54.2652