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Source Description
The combination of wide eyes and narrow mouth gives this image a rather severe expression. Though it is now obscured with lacquer and gilding, the crown is of standard Ayutthaya type, with raised-line ornament. The typical Ayutthaya crowned Buddha, with such features as the headdress of tiered rings, appears to have become established at the end of the 15th century or during the course of the 16th; after that, the sculptors varied little but the details of the decoration of the crown. The headdress of tiered rings has forerunners in the Hindu images of Sukhothai.
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Document identity
localId
12624
label
Seated Crowned Buddha, in Meditation
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
12624
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Seated Crowned Buddha, in Meditation
description
The combination of wide eyes and narrow mouth gives this image a rather severe expression. Though it is now obscured with lacquer and gilding, the crown is of standard Ayutthaya type, with raised-line ornament. The typical Ayutthaya crowned Buddha, with such features as the headdress of tiered rings, appears to have become established at the end of the 15th century or during the course of the 16th; after that, the sculptors varied little but the details of the decoration of the crown. The headdress of tiered rings has forerunners in the Hindu images of Sukhothai.
provenance
Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, 1951 (?), [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1965, inv. no. 898 (originally no. 557)]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
date
16th century (Ayutthaya)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
67.5
height
32.3
dimensionsRaw
at knees: 26 9/16 x 12 11/16 in. (67.5 x 32.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
none
med
hollow cast leaded arsenical zinc bronze, lacquer, gilding
creator_ids
2501
collection_ids
SEA
exhibition_ids
945
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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89e6c7af2932b235
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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3641aaf6d212f58a
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no
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no