id: 144780 accession number: 1969.56 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.56 updated: 2023-08-23 22:15:16.287000 Bust of Buddha, c. 700. Central Thailand, Dvaravati, Mon-Dvaravati style, 7th-9th Century. Limestone; overall: 60.6 x 34.3 cm (23 7/8 x 13 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.56 title: Bust of Buddha title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 700 creation date earliest: 690 creation date latest: 710 current location: 243 Indian and Southeast Asian creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Central Thailand, Dvaravati, Mon-Dvaravati style, 7th-9th Century technique: limestone department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Southeast Asian type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 60.6 x 34.3 cm (23 7/8 x 13 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1969 opening date: 1970-01-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1969. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: While the iconographic elements, such as elongated earlobes, cranial protuberance, and snail-shell curls derived from India, the local Mon people of Thailand gave their unique expression to the facial features of the Buddha. The beauty of sharply delineated eyes and stylized curling full lips was appreciated among the Mon, and these features impart an almost piercing serenity that is distinctive to Thai images from this early period of sculptural production in Southeast Asia. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.56/1969.56_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.56/1969.56_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.56/1969.56_full.tif