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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Southeast Asian; Thai Creator Name-CRT: Thai Title: Bodhisattva View: Full View Creation Start Date: 700 Creation End Date: 799 Creation Date: Shrivijayan style, 8th century Creation Place: Thailand Object Type: Sculpture Classification Term: Bronzes Materials and Techniques: Copper alloy with traces of gilding and pigment Dimensions: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm) AMICA Contributor: Asia Society Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 1994.005 Credit Line: Asia Society: Gift from the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund Rights: http://www.asiasociety.org Context: This unidentified bodhisattva belongs to the Shrivijayan tradition of sculpture, so named for the kingdom of Shrivijaya that, from its capital at Palembang in Sumatra, controlled large parts of southern Thailand. This seafaring kingdom may also have controlled other regions in Indonesia such as parts of Java. As a result, sculptures made under Shrivijayan rule exhibit a wide diversity in style, making them difficult to classify. Sculptures produced on the Thai/Malay Peninsula, such as this bodhisattva, are classified as either Thai, Chaiya, or Shrivijayan. This figure wears a thin diadem and has jeweled and flowered hair, some of which falls in the long corkscrew-shaped curls often found in early Buddhist sculpture from peninsular Thailand, as are the oval face, fleshy cheeks, small features, and flexed posture. The bodhisattva sits in the posture of relaxation (lalitasana) on a lotus pedestal, which is placed on a two-tiered square base. The pedestal is strikingly similar to a type foundon images from an area of Bangladesh that was controlled by the Pala kingdom. It is known that Buddhist missionaries from the Pala kingdom passed through Shrivijaya on their way to China. Four pudgy lions with squat faces sit at the four corners ofthe base. A hole at the back of the pedestal indicates that a mandorla might once have been attached to the bodhisattva's back, possibly capped by a parasol as seen in similar figures. AMICA ID: ASIA.1994.005 AMICA Library Year: 1999 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, Asia Society AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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