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Head of the Buddha
(Southeast Asia )
As an isolated object, this imperfectly preserved stucco head must be viewed against the background of 16th-century bronze images of the crowned Buddha. Since the stucco head bears no ornamtental details, comparision must be focused on the facial figures. There are broad, swooping sockets, narrowly opened eyes (now more angled and more sharply curved at the outer edges), and an undulant mouth (the more deeply curved lower lip now adding severity to the expression).
The changes move in the direction of tense, electrically charged curves and a more awesome grandeur. At the same thime, the differences in surrounding elements, not apparent in the stucco head itself, are of equal or greater importance.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, 1951, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1985, inv. no. 870]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/9/1994 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 8/1/1995 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 10/2/1995 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; repaired; other |
Geographies
Thailand, Ayutthaya, Wat Chai Watthanaram (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 3/4 in. (35 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992
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.
25.188