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Source Description
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.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
24511
label
Head of the Buddha
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
24511
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Head of the Buddha
description
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.
provenance
[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.
date
2nd half 15th century (Lan Na)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
sculpture (visual works)
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
33.5
height
19.9
dimensionsRaw
13 3/16 x 7 13/16 in. (33.5 x 19.9 cm)
Source extras
cul
Thai
style
Sukhothai
inscriptions
none
med
leaded bronze
creator_ids
2501
collection_ids
SEA
exhibition_ids
945
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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