Buddha with Attendants on Mythical Animal

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Arts of Asia

Dvaravati period, 7th‒8th century

Thailand, Lopburi province

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Pre-Angkorean
Title: Buddha with Attendants on Mythical Animal
Place: Thailand (Object found in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 601 CE–800 CE
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 43.5 × 32.3 × 14 cm (17 1/8 × 12 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Marian and Samuel Klasstorner Fund
Reference Number: 1997.53
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Subhadradis Diskul, M.C. (หม่อมเจ้าสุภัทรดิศ ดิสกุล), “The Exhibition of Masterpieces from Private Collections Displayed at Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968”, โบราณคดี/Archaeology, vol. 2, no. 1 (1968), 82‒84, fig. 3.
Subhadradis Diskul, M.C., Masterpieces from Private Collections Displayed at the Bangkok National Museum from the 6th March-6th April 1968 (Bangkok: Silpakorn University, 1970), 2‒3, fig. 3.
Pratapaditya Pal, Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984), 284, cat. 150.
James Wood & Debra Mancoff, Treasures from the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000), 59 (image only).

Bangkok National Museum, Thailand, นิทรรศการศิลปโบราณวัตถุชิ้นเอก จากพิพิธภัณฑ์ส่วนบุคคล ณ พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ พ.ศ. 2511; Masterpieces from Private Collections, Mar. 6–Apr. 6, 1968.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art, Mar. 4–May 20, 1984; The Art Institute of Chicago, June 30–Aug. 26, 1984; The Brooklyn Museum, Nov. 1, 1984–Feb. 10, 1985.

With Dhada Vanichsombat (1912‒2009), Thai Antiquarium, Bangkok, Thailand, by Apr. 1968 [Bangkok 1968]. With Lawrence R. Phillips (1917‒2013), Roslyn, New York, by Mar. 1984 [Los Angeles 1984]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 10, 1997.

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