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Seated Buddha in "Maravijaya"
(Southeast Asia )
This is a Sihing-type image with stylistic traits associated with the city of Nakhon Si Thammarat. It has not only the robe edge that runs from mantle to waist and the presence of pleats between the legs but also the broad face and particularly squat body characteristic of the local tradition.
The sculpture is a marriage: although both head and body are old, they were joined together at an unknown date, perhaps relatively recently. It is possible that both parts were made in Nakhon Si Thammarat at about the same time.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1985, inv. no. 923]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Thailand, Nakhon Si Thammarat (Place of Origin)
Measurements
at knees: 14 x 8 13/16 in. (35.5 x 22.4 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.
54.2833