Head of the Buddha, from a Naga-Protected Buddha

Description The tiered "usnisa" and the hair treatment are not in fact different from those seen in images that seem to belong to the earliest stages of Lopburi stone sculpture, in the late 12th century. Nevertheless, the crisper curvature of the mouth suggests a connection with the works that would be better placed in the first or second quarter of the 13th century.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/30/1993	Examination	examined for condition
9/30/1993	Treatment	cleaned; other
6/01/1995	Examination	examined for condition

Exhibitions

• Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.

Provenance Lopburi, Thailand; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, summer 1948 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 438]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.

Inscriptions none

Credit Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992