MAKE A MEME View Large Image Thai - Seated Buddha in "Maravijaya" - Walters 542763.jpg Sukhothai-tradition images of Sihing type range from classical restraint to images in which one or another feature seems excessively dominant and in which there is a quality that ...
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Keywords: Thai - Seated Buddha in "Maravijaya" - Walters 542763.jpg Sukhothai-tradition images of Sihing type range from classical restraint to images in which one or another feature seems excessively dominant and in which there is a quality that borders on parody This image approaches the parodic The misplacement of the head which had been broken at the neck exaggerates the eccentricity The sculpture could be looked upon as one of the very last productions of a Sukhothati workshop the face draws on the Sukhothai ideal and other features- such as the mantle and the position of the right hand- follow Sukhothai rather than Sihing conventions But the spreading pedestal and the schematic indication of folds in front of the ankles link it to the Nakhon Si Thammarat tradition century 15 16 Ayutthaya leaded zinc bronze at knees cm 34 2 19 5 accession number 54 2763 8655 Kamphaeng Phet Thailand Alexander B Griswold Monkton January 20 1951 presented to the Breezewood Foundation 1985 inv no 609 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 north 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
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