MAKE A MEME View Large Image Thai - Head of the Buddha - Walters 542652.jpg This piece suggests that Sihing-type images began to be produced in Sukhothai and Chiang Mai workshops at the same time The connections go further than this however; it can be proposed that ...
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Keywords: Thai - Head of the Buddha - Walters 542652.jpg This piece suggests that Sihing-type images began to be produced in Sukhothai and Chiang Mai workshops at the same time The connections go further than this however; it can be proposed that this head was cast in Chiang Mai by a Sukhothai-trained craftsman There are several Lan Na detached heads similar in style that were originally joined to the body at the neck with corresponding notches on each edge 2nd half Other date century 15 Lan Na leaded bronze cm 33 5 19 9 accession number 54 2652 24511 Found at Chiengmai Alexander B Griswold Monkton before 1955 The Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1955 by gift Walters Art Museum 1989 by transfer of gift Gift of A 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 Lan Na in present-day 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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