Keywords: Thai - Head of the Buddha - Walters 25181.jpg This head belongs somewhere along the path that took Lopburi stone sculpture of about the late 13th or ealry 14th century into the Early Ayutthaya style of about 1350-1450 It is a path upon which there are almost no fixed points This stucco has a Sukhothai-like appearance because of the pointed hairline and the 'U'-incised chin; but this does not necessarily mean that what we see is the result of influence from a developed Sukhothai style century 14 15 Sukhothai stucco cm 20 5 accession number 25 181 9540 Lopburi Thailand Alexander B Griswold Monkton summer 1948 presented to the Breezewood Foundation December 1964 inv no 627 Walters Art Museum 1992 by bequest Bequest of A B Griswold 1992 none Unearthly Elegance Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Lopburi Thailand Walters Art Museum license Thai sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art of Ancient Thailand Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |