Object Number | 2005-10-14 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Thai | Buddhist |
Provenience | Burma | North Thailand |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood | Pigment | Lacquer | Glass |
Technique | Painted | Inlaid |
Iconography | Attendant | Thepphanom | Thephanom |
Description | Male attendant to the Buddha (thepphanom or thephanom, เทพนม) seated with right knee bent upward and staff in left hand. Painted detail with glass inlay accents. The absence of gold leaf on the wood suggests a tribal origin, possibly Shan. One of a pair. |
Credit Line | Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection, 2005 |
Other Number | 25.162.2 - Other Number |
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