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Source Description
This pleasant image was produced by a sculptor of modest ambition. In the course of the 13th century, images of the standing Buddha with both hands performing the same gesture were occasionally made in bronze but almost never in stone, except in Cambodia.
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Document identity
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29978
label
Standing Buddha
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
29978
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Standing Buddha
description
This pleasant image was produced by a sculptor of modest ambition. In the course of the 13th century, images of the standing Buddha with both hands performing the same gesture were occasionally made in bronze but almost never in stone, except in Cambodia.
provenance
Nakhon Kasem, Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, December 20, 1950, by purchase [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 460]; Walters Art Museum, 1979, by gift.
date
13th century
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Metal
sculpture (visual works)
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm)
Source extras
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Thai
inscriptions
none
med
high-tin bronze
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2501
collection_ids
SEA
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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cbf383329950e397