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Keywords: Thai - Seated Buddha in "Maravijaya" - Walters 542833.jpg This is a Sihing-type image with stylistic traits associated with the city of Nakhon Si Thammarat It has not only the robe edge that runs from mantle to waist and the presence of pleats between the legs but also the broad face and particularly squat body characteristic of the local tradition The sculpture is a marriage although both head and body are old they were joined together at an unknown date perhaps relatively recently It is possible that both parts were made in Nakhon Si Thammarat at about the same time century 16 17 Ayutthaya leaded bronze leaded tin brass at knees cm 35 5 22 4 accession number 54 2833 27735 Alexander B Griswold Monkton presented to the Breezewood Foundation 1985 inv no 923 Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of A B Griswold 1992 none Unearthly Elegance Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Nakhon Si Thammarat 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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