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Source Description
This image captures moments central to Buddhist beliefs. First, the Buddha’s victory over the evil forces of Mara, the personification of physical desires and delusions of the mind, who tried to tempt the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, with physical pleasures. Siddhartha continued to seek enlightenment through meditation and reached down to call earth to witness his fortitude. In victory over Mara, the goddess of the earth emerges to testify to Siddhartha’s perfected virtues, then, by wringing her hair, she creates a flood to wipe out Mara and his troops.
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Document identity
localId
624
label
Seated Buddha
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
id
624
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Seated Buddha
description
This image captures moments central to Buddhist beliefs. First, the Buddha’s victory over the evil forces of Mara, the personification of physical desires and delusions of the mind, who tried to tempt the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, with physical pleasures. Siddhartha continued to seek enlightenment through meditation and reached down to call earth to witness his fortitude. In victory over Mara, the goddess of the earth emerges to testify to Siddhartha’s perfected virtues, then, by wringing her hair, she creates a flood to wipe out Mara and his troops.
provenance
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection; given to Walters Art Museum, 2002.
date
ca. 1900 (Rattanakosin)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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statues
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
70
height
60.5
depth
50
dimensionsRaw
H: 27 9/16 × W: 23 13/16 × D: 19 11/16 in. (70 × 60.5 × 50 cm)
Source extras
med
brass with lacquer and gilding
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2501
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SEA
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none
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