Standing Buddha
Considerable innovations in religious iconography were developed during the Mon-Dvaravati period. For example, many Buddhas hold both of their hands in a gesture of exposition or teaching (vitarkamudra) that in India is confined to the right hand. Images from the related site of Prakhon Chai also exhibit this double hand gesture, but otherwise it is unknown in the Buddhist world. Another iconographic innovation was to place a standing Buddha and flanking attendants on the back of Garuda, a semidivine winged creature that usually appears as the vehicle (vahana) of Vishnu.
Artwork Details
- Title: Standing Buddha
- Period: Mon-Dvaravati period
- Date: 8th–9th century
- Culture: Thailand (Nakhon Pathom Province)
- Medium: Bronze with traces of gilt
- Dimensions: H. 27 in. (68.6 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); D. 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.149
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Thailand (probably Nakhon Pathom Province)
ca. 9th century
Northeast Thailand
8th–early 9th century
Southern Thailand
second half of the 7th century
Thailand
7th–8th century
Thailand
8th century
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