Object Number | 43-12-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Thai | Buddhist |
Provenience | Thailand |
Date Made | 16th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Buddha |
Description | Standing Buddha wearing a transparent robe and sarong-like undergarment atop a lotus pedestal. The left hand is raised in the gesture of dispelling fear, called abhayamudrā. The earlobes are long and distended, the hair is in tight curls, and a jewel is set in the front of his uṣṇīṣa, a protuberance of the skull, on top of which is a finial of flame. |
Height | 74 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Mrs. Frances E. (Harry) Markoe, 1943 |
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