Not currently on display at the V&A

Siamese bronze sculpture of Buddha, 14th or 15th century, V&A Museum

Photograph
ca. 1920s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted black and white photograph of a bronze head of Buddha wearing a crown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSiamese bronze sculpture of Buddha, 14th or 15th century, V&A Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph of a Siamese bronze sculpture of Buddha, 14th or 15th century, V&A Museum, gelatin silver print, ca. 1920s
Physical description
A mounted black and white photograph of a bronze head of Buddha wearing a crown.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 33cm
  • Mount width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Buddha, Sculpture (Bronze), Siamese. "58485. HEAD OF BUDDHA wearing a crown, hollow casting in bronze, finely patinated. SIAMESE (early Ayuthia period); 14th or 15th century. (Note. Pra Chao U T'hong founded a new capital at Ayuthia, Siam, about 1350 A.D.) I. M. 63-1927" V&A Museum, London.'
  • (National Art Library blind stamp)
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Associated object
IM.63-1927 (Object)
Collection
Accession number
548-1928

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Record createdApril 14, 2014
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