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Standing Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
This pleasant image was produced by a sculptor of modest ambition. In the course of the 13th century, images of the standing Buddha with both hands performing the same gesture were occasionally made in bronze but almost never in stone, except in Cambodia.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Nakhon Kasem, Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, December 20, 1950, by purchase [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 460]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/18/1983 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of A. B. Griswold, 1979
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.
54.2538