Statue Fragment

89-13-16

From: Penninsular Thailand | Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Buddhist | Thai
Provenience Penninsular Thailand | Thailand
Period Ayutthaya Period
Date Made Ayutthaya Period
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Buddha Head
Description

Bronze Buddha head mounted on base. Smooth finial. Top of finial is bent. Traces of orange on hair and behind ears. Eye slits would have probably contained mother of pearl inlay. Probably 15th century.

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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