Standing Buddha wearing Monks Robes
Unknown maker, Ayutthaya Kingdom, Thailand
Ayutthaya Kingdom, 15th century
Bronze
Overall: 15 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 3 3/4 in. (38.7 × 13.3 × 9.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Faith Clark
2018.35
Geography
Place Made: Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Course History
ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022
HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022
REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022
Provenance
Acquired by Dr. Carl Christian Hansen (1863-1929), Lotus Dispensary, Bangkok, Thailand, date unknown; sold to Gertrude Weld Clark Arnold (1868-1941) in Thailand, 1929; given to her brother, Benjamin Preston Clark (1860-1939) and his wife, Josephine Frances Allen Clark (1868-1961), Boston, Massachusetts, 1929; to their son, Rev. Allen William Clark (1896-1984), date unknown; to his daughter, Faith Clark (born 1927), Concord, New Hampshire, possibly about 1984; given to present collection, 2018
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