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Standing Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
This is the most common type of Dvaravati Buddha image, with both hands performing a gesture of instruction. The face suggests utter calm.
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Provenance
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Private collection, Thonburi, prior to April 13, 1951; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, April 13, 1951 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1959, inv. no. 143]; 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
14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
with tang 15 9/16 in. (39.5 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.
54.2708