Sculpture
Sculpture
7th Century (made)
7th Century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Standing Buddha.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Sculpture (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | copper alloy |
| Brief description | Standing Buddha, Mon style, Malay Peninsula, bronze, 6th century. |
| Physical description | Standing Buddha. |
| Dimensions |
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| Credit line | Given by David Knight |
| Object history | Formally in the collection of Gilbert Beatty of Palm Beach, Tanjong Kling, Malacca, Malaysia. According to the acquisition papers in the V&A archive, Beatty (also spelt Beattie) had built up his collection in the pre-war years. In the late 1950s, when Beaty was in his late 70s, he became good friends with his neighbours the Knight family, the father of the family being based in Malaysia as a member of the British armed forces. In 1960 he gave much of his collection to one of the Knight children, David, who had developed a real interest in Cambodian and Thai art despite his young age. The objects were shipped back to Britain with the rest of the family's possessions later the same year. Between 1991 and 1993 David Knight donated or sold the collection to the V&A. Knight died in June 1993. |
| Production | Previously recorded as Mon Style, Dvaravati kingdom, Thailand, 7th century. Now attributed by John Guy in "Lost Kingdoms" as Malay Peninsula, 6th century. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Lost Kingdoms : Hindu-Buddhist sculpture of early Southeast Asia / John Guy ; with essays by Pierre Baptiste, Lawrence Becker, Bérénice Bellina, Robert L. Brown, Federico Carò, Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Janet G. Douglas, Arlo Griffiths, Agustijanto Indradjaya, Le Thi Lien, Pierre-Yves Manguin, Stephen A. Murphy, Ariel O'Connor, Peter Skilling, Janice Stargardt, Donna Strahan, U Thein Lwin, Geoff Wade, U Win Kyaing, Hiram Woodward, and Thierry Zéphir. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Costume Institute), c2014 Number: 9781588395245 (MMA), 1588395243 (MMA), 9780300204377 (Yale), 030020437X (Yale), 9786167339481, 6167339481
p.75, cat.no.21, ill. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.61-1993 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2002 |
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