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Source Description
This lovely head approaches the early Bangkok style. Compared to other Ayutthaya heads, the face is broader, the mouth more horizontal, and the eyes closer to the brows. Sculptors have decisively turned away from the 17th-century style.
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Document identity
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19366
label
Head of the Buddha
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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19366
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object
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normalized
title
Head of the Buddha
description
This lovely head approaches the early Bangkok style. Compared to other Ayutthaya heads, the face is broader, the mouth more horizontal, and the eyes closer to the brows. Sculptors have decisively turned away from the 17th-century style.
provenance
Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, 1949 or earlier, [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, 1985, inv. no. 857]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
date
18th century (Ayutthaya)
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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
12 5/8 in. (32 cm)
Source extras
cul
Thai
style
Ayutthaya
inscriptions
none
med
leaded tin brass
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2501
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SEA
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945
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1
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0
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photo
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3c8b1301a4358e68