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Seated Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
The Buddha is depicted as if seated on a throne, performing a gesture of teaching with his right hand. No one knows what his left hand is doing; the Buddha ought to be holding an end of his robe, but here the end has become separated from the robe itself.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Yoshie Shinomoto, Monkton, MD [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by gift.
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
14 3/8 x 5 13/16 in. (36.5 x 14.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Yoshie Shinomoto, 1993
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.
54.2878