Unknown Artist
- Title
- Buddha head and upper torso
- Place of origin
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Thailand
- Cultural origin
- Mon/Dvaravati style
- Period
- Dvaravati (Mon) period 500 - 1000 → Thailand
- Year
- 8th century
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- terracotta
- Dimensions
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25.9 x 20.9 x 8.0cm
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Gift of the Estate of David Strachan 1995
- Accession number
- 209.1999
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Mon/Dvaravati terracottas were made on a limited scale owing to the technical difficulties of production. The face is broad with a wide nose, elongated ears and fleshy lips. The head, which was once surrounded by a halo, is covered in heavy stylised curls with the 'ushnisha' appearing as a hemispherical dome on the top of the head. Such terracottas have been found in a standing pose or in a European style seated posture - with legs hanging down, often with hands held in 'vitarka mudra', the gesture of teaching. The most extensive remains of these terracottas have been found at sites at Ku Bua in Central Thailand, south of Bangkok.
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, 1999.
- Bibliography (1)
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Theodore Bowie (Author), M.C. Subhadradis Diskul (Author), A.B. Griswold (Author), The sculpture of Thailand, Redfern, 1976. This publication is a general reference only, the citations referenced pg. 24 - 25 are for a work of a similiar style.
