AYUTTHAYA BUDDHA HEAD

STONE

AYUTTHAYA -CHIENG SAN STYLE

CIRCA 15^TH-17^TH CENTURY.

28 cm /11” high ; 39.3 cm /15.5 high w/base

EXHIBITED : Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York ,Spring 1971 Catalog exhibition entitled 'Art of Thailand' Loan Number 422.70L

DESCRIPTION: Buddha head, Central Thailand. Ayuthua style A sandstone head of the Lord Buddha, Ayuthia style; circa.15th -18h centuries The strong featured, defined , meditative face, with a characteristic humane expressions indicates influences of the Lopburi and Sukothai schools on the Ayutthayan sculptors during this period. The elongated meditative face, pronounced lips, defined chin, eyebrows in relief are characteristic of the middle Ayuthia style. There are also Khmer influences in the articulated eyes. The Sukhothai school influence may be seen where brows become eyebrows that arch over the eyes and plunge down the sides of the nose in two unbroken lines.