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Standing Buddha, with Both Hands in "Abhayamudra"
(Southeast Asia )
When the names of the poses of the Buddha were codified in the 1830s, double-"abhaya" was identified as "hâm samut," or "forbidding the ocean." The pose had in fact persisted throughout the Ayutthaya period, but how its meaning differed from that of the right-hand-"abhaya" pose in the course of these centuries is not known.
This image has an understated character that may in fact be rather typical of the late-Ayutthaya style.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Thong Lo (vendor), Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, January 28, 1951, by purchase, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1985, inv. no. 860]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/9/1984 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
24 13/16 in. (63 cm);
with tang: 26 15/16 in. (68.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of A. B. Griswold, 1979
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.2553