Statue Fragment

89-13-51

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-51
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Ayutthaya | Buddhist
Provenience Thailand
Period Ayutthaya Period
Date Made Ayutthaya Period
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Technique Carved | Lacquered
Iconography Buddha Hand
Description

Wooden hand in gesture with fingers and thumb close together. Hand is curved an unusual angle. Joint visible at wrist. Broken off just after the wrist on the forearm at beginning of robe. Eye hole screw in end of arm at break. Black lacquer surface with traces of gilding. Probably 16th or early 17th century.

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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