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| Keywords: Thai - Seated Crowned Buddha, in Meditation - Walters 542831.jpg 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 century 16 Ayutthaya hollow cast leaded arsenical zinc bronze lacquer gilding at knees cm 67 5 32 3 accession number 54 2831 12624 Alexander B Griswold Monkton 1951 presented to the Breezewood Foundation 1965 inv no 898 originally no 557 Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of A B Griswold 1992 none Unearthly Elegance Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin central 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 Gilding bronze sculptures | ||||
