Statue
2005-10-6
From: North Thailand | Thailand
Curatorial Section: Asian
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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