Bust of Buddha

Cleveland Museum of Art

Bust of Buddha

Date
c. 700
Medium
limestone
Culture
Central Thailand, Dvaravati, Mon-Dvaravati style, 7th-9th Century
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
144780

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While the iconographic elements, such as elongated earlobes, cranial protuberance, and snail-shell curls derived from India, the local Mon people of Thailand gave their unique expression to the facial features of the Buddha. The beauty of sharply delineated eyes and stylized curling full lips was appreciated among the Mon, and these features impart an almost piercing serenity that is distinctive to Thai images from this early period of sculptural production in Southeast Asia.

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