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| Keywords: Thai - Reliquary - Walters 542556.jpg This model of a faceted chêdî probably served as a reliquary and was installed in a brick-and-stucco monument of the same shape The internal construction with a flat surface at the top of the base suggests that a sacred deposit would have been placed at the foot of the faceted central or bell element The origins of the faceted chêdî are obscure; perhaps it was an Ayutthaya response to the flat-sided reliquary tower of northeastern Thailand On this reliquary the main faces of the central bell element are broader than they are in the faceted masonry chêdî of Ayutthaya Ornament of the sort that appears on the corners of the reliquary has not been identified; it may be characterisitic of a provinicial site century 17 Ayutthaya hollow cast leaded tin brass with restored spire cm 85 5 ; base cm 28 8 ; bel cm 19 2 ; turret cm 26 accession number 54 2556 23542 Bangkok Alexander B Griswold Monkton November 1955 presented to the Breezewood Foundation inv no 895 Walters Art Museum Gift of A B Griswold 1979 none Recent Accessions The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1981 Unearthly Elegance Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 The Kingdom of Siam Arts of Central Thailand 1350-1800 Asian Art Museum San Francisco; Peabody Essex Museum Salem 2005-2006 place of origin central 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 | ||||
