Seated Buddha in ""Maravijaya""

2nd half 14th century (Sukhothai)

52.5 cm 67 cm 29 cm

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Buddha Shakyamuni sits in a yogic cross-legged position, his right hand pointing downward in the earth-touching gesture, while his left hand rests in a position of meditation. The gesture ("bhumisparsha") recalls the moment when Buddha Shakyamuni overcame physical temptations...

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Luang Ban; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, April 17 1949 [1]; given to Walters Art Museum, 1977 [2].[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1964, inv. no. 637[2] Under the auspices of the Breezewood Foundation
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