Walking Buddha
Freestanding images of the Buddha had not been made anywhere in Asia before they were created by Thai sculptors in Sukhothai during the 14th century. What is the Buddha doing? It is possible to imagine that he is descending from heaven, where, according to legend, he preached...
Images (13)
Sculpture
| id |
id
36064
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
sculpture
|
| stage |
stage
normalized
|
| provenance |
provenance
Private collection, Kamphaeng Phaet; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, Maryland, January 20 1951 [1]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.[1] Presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1961, inv. no. 613
|
| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
|
| language |
language
en
|
| pageCount |
pageCount
13
|
| source |
source
import
|
| style |
style
Sukhothai
|
Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2765_Fnt_TR_T03III.jpg |
|---|---|
| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2765_Fnt_TR_T03III.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_54.2765_Fnt_TR_T03III.jpg |
| imageCount | 13 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2765 |