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Standing Buddha
Thai8th century (Dvaravati)
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
When the Buddhists of ancient Thailand adopted the standing stone Buddha of India as a primary iconic type, the pose was altered (in Thailand, both hands - here broken - perform a teaching gesture), and the canons of Indian beauty lost their firm hold in a drive to achieve an expression of serenity.
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Details
- Title: Standing Buddha
- Creator Nationality: Thai
- Date Created: 8th century (Dvaravati)
- Physical Dimensions: w48.3 x h107 x d28.6 cm
- Type: statues; figures
- Rights: Bequest of A. B. Griswold, 1992, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- External Link: The Walters Art Museum
- Medium: sandstone with traces of lacquer and gilding
- Provenance: Luang Ban, Bangkok; Alexander B. Griswold, Monkton, April 17, 1951 [presented to the Breezewood Foundation, December 1962, inv. no. 154]; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by bequest.
- Place of Origin: Thailand
- ExhibitionHistory: Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995
- Artist: Thai
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