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Seated Buddha in "Maravijaya," on Base Featuring Mara's Warriors
(Southeast Asia )
This is a Sihing-type image with certain traits that link it to the Nakhon Si Thammarat tradition: a robe edge running from mantle to wrist, and folded pleats spread out in front of the ankles. On a separately cast base are two warriors from Mara's army, at left and right, with a third warrior in a splayed-leg heraldic pose at the center. Between his legs is a face, to which he has seemingly just given birth. The original names for these figures are not known, but there are other ensembles with similar representations.
Inscription
Provenance
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Dr. Carthew; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, June 1949, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1965, inv. no. 546]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
with base and at knees: 7 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (18 x 9 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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54.2744