Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "40638",
    "label": "Naga-Protected Buddha",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2707"
}

{
    "id": "40638",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2707",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Naga-Protected Buddha",
    "description": "In the 10th century, Cambodian political expansion disrupted Dvaravati traditions, and the open eyes of this Buddha give it a Cambodian look. It was also in the 10th century that the naga-protected Buddha became established as an important type of image for the Buddhists of Cambodia. The naga may have represented a power that could carry one's soul to heaven following death.",
    "provenance": "Mr. Lamai, Kamphaeng Phet, prior to January 20, 1951 [\"\"from Wat Phraeo, Old Kamphaeng Phet.\"\"]; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, January 20, 1951 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1960, inv. no. 138]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.",
    "date": "10th century",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2707",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Metal",
        "sculpture (visual works)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2707_Fnt_TR_T95.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2707_Fnt_TR_T95.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2707_Fnt_TR_T95.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 17,
            "height": 10.5,
            "depth": 5.7
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 6 11/16 × W: 4 1/8 × D: 2 1/4 in. (17 × 10.5 × 5.7 cm)"
}

{
    "cul": "Thai",
    "inscriptions": "none",
    "med": "bronze",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2501"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SEA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "945"
    ]
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL1_54.2707_Fnt_TR_T95.jpg",
    "mediaId": "18592e6612191818"
}