MAKE A MEME View Large Image Thai - Head of a Buddha - Walters 2594.jpg Some of the most interesting and powerful of the Lopburi stone sculptures have a strongly expressive character- achieved by making the volumes of the cheeks relate to those of the chin in a dynamic ...
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Keywords: Thai - Head of a Buddha - Walters 2594.jpg Some of the most interesting and powerful of the Lopburi stone sculptures have a strongly expressive character- achieved by making the volumes of the cheeks relate to those of the chin in a dynamic way as well as through the manipulation of the outlines of the brows eyes and mouth The remnants of thick lacquer are likely to date from the late 17th century when King Narai of Ayutthaya was in residence in Lopburi A number of the stone images recovered at Lopburi have faces completely covered with lacquer and gilding that transform the original contours into the more angular late 17th-century ideal 1st half Other date century 13 sandstone quartzose arenite cm 33 5 19 18 approx accession number 25 94 12346 Alexander B Griswold Monkton July 1948 presented to the Breezewood Foundation inv no 442 Baltimore Museum of Art 1960 by gift BMA 1960 54 Walters Art Museum 1989 by transfer as gift Gift of Alexander B Griswold through transfer from the Baltimore Museum of Art 1989 none Unearthly Elegance Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Lopburi Thailand Walters Art Museum license Thai sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art of Ancient Thailand Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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