Cleveland Museum of Art

Seated Buddha

Date

before 1424

Medium

gold with resin core

Culture

Thailand, Ayutthaya, Wat Ratchaburana, 14th century

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This pristinely modeled Buddha was fashioned from a sheet of 24-karat gold, using the repoussé (hammering) technique. The figure is filled inside with a resin core. The style is typical of the last phase of Khmer art (800s–1400s), the Lapburi style, which combines characteristics of both Cambodian and Thai sculptural styles.

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