Caption

Buddha head — fragment of a sculpture, Buddhist art, Buddhism, art of Southeast Asia, Thai art, statue fragment, ushnisha, head, 12th–19th century, Thailand, figurine, height 11.5 cm, diameter 9.0 cm, A sculpted head viewed from the back mounted on a rectangular base, with a textured surface of rounded nodules across the head that are dark brown and bronze in color, and small exposed areas of lighter brown; the ears are visible at the sides with similar brown tones and some irregularities in the material; the mounting rod is metallic and dark, attached to a blocky base that has a marbled pattern in shades of green, black, and pale gray; the background is a uniform light gray and the surface beneath the base shows a soft reflection.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_482

License type

Rights managed

Available size

74.1Mb (1.7Mb) / 14.4in x 20.0in / 4316 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Buddha head fragment sculpture Buddhist art Buddhism art Southeast Asia Thai art statue fragment ushnisha head 12th–19th century Thailand figurine height 11.5 cm diameter 9.0 cm sculpted head viewed back mounted rectangular base textured surface rounded nodules across dark brown bronze color small exposed areas lighter brown ears visible sides brown tones irregularities material mounting rod metallic dark attached blocky base marbled pattern shades green black pale gray background uniform light gray surface beneath base soft reflection.