Cleveland Museum of Art

Bodhisattva

Date

700s

Medium

bronze

Culture

Northeastern Thailand, Khorat Plateau, Buriram Province

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This rare image survives from the early phase of Buddhist sculpture in Southeast Asia. Made in what is known as the Pra Khon Chai style, it has the characteristic sensitive expression, slender physique, and looped locks of hair. The broken limbs reveal the clay core over which the bronze was cast using the lost-wax method. This sculputre was reportedly found as part of a group, some of which are much larger in scale.

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