Statue

2005-10-14

From: Burma | North Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2005-10-14
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience Burma | North Thailand
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Pigment | Lacquer | Glass
Technique Painted | Inlaid
Iconography Attendant | Thepphanom | Thephanom
Description

Male attendant to the Buddha (thepphanom or thephanom, เทพนม) seated with right knee bent upward and staff in left hand. Painted detail with glass inlay accents. The absence of gold leaf on the wood suggests a tribal origin, possibly Shan. One of a pair.

Credit Line Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection, 2005
Other Number 25.162.2 - Other Number

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