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Keywords: Thai - Seated Buddha in "Maravijaya" - Walters 542545.jpg This image can be called representative of the classic Early Ayutthaya style because it conforms to the ideals of large-scale stone sculptures and because it resembles gold images deposited in the crypt of Wat R tchaburana in Ayutthaya There are elements that can be considered formulaic the arc of the sockets repeats that of the forehead band; the curves of the outlines of eyes nostrils and lips appear to echo each other This sense of having arrived at a solution is what helps give this and the many images like it a classic aspect What is worth remarking however is that despite the popularity of the type at the period of its creation in later centuries it does not appear to have been much emulated 1st half Other date century 15 Ayutthaya leaded bronze at knees cm 48 8 24 accession number 54 2545 37300 Alexander B Griswold Monkton 1948 or before presented to the Breezewood Foundation inv no 738 Walters Art Museum Gift of A B Griswold 1979 none place of origin Ayutthaya Thailand Walters Art Museum license Thai sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art of Ancient Thailand Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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