Crowned Buddha
This crowned Buddha image was cast in Lopburi, the Khmer provincial capital located in central (modern day) Thailand in the early centuries of the second millennium. It reflects a new vogue in Buddhism for the crowned and bejeweled Buddha, adornment normally reserved for Buddhist saviors—bodhisattvas—not Buddhas. This reflected a new envisioning of the Buddha that drew on very early notions of the Buddha as a spiritual sovereign, a chakravartin. Eastern Indian models of the Pala period, which are known to have circulated, served as models for Lopburi artists to produce their very Khmer-style versions of this new Buddha-type.
Artwork Details
- Title: Crowned Buddha
- Period: Khmer style
- Date: 12th–13th century
- Culture: Thailand (Lopburi)
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Dimensions: H. 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Gift of Iwona and Norbu Tenzing, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
- Object Number: 2019.451
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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