THAILAND.

AYUTTHAYA PERIOD.

17TH – 18TH CENTURY.

H. 39.5 CMS, 15 ˝ INS.

A large and unusual gilded and lacquered stucco head of Buddha, the eyes inlaid with mother of pearl and gazing downwards in meditation, the mouth set with a gentle smile and the hair rising to a domed usnisha and composed of snail-shell curls.

For a brief history of Ayutthaya please see catalogue no. 16.

For a comparable head in bronze please see fig. 236 (cat. no. 99) in Hiram W. Woodward, The Sacred Sculpture of Thailand. The Alexander B. Griswold Collection, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1997.