Statue

2005-10-6

From: North Thailand | Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2005-10-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience North Thailand | Thailand
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Lacquer | Glass
Technique Inlaid
Iconography Elephant
Description

One of pair of kneeling elephants ( or Gajasingha) with upright tail and small ears in red lacquer with glass inlay eyes and a flattened platform back. This would have served as a step to a thammat, or pulpit, where a Buddhist monk would deliver a teaching.

Credit Line Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection, 2005
Other Number 64.16.1 - Other Number

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