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<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)
Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)
<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)

Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)

<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_right_PS9.jpg)

Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_right_PS9.jpg)

<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_bottom.jpg)

Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_bottom.jpg)

<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_detail.jpg)

Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_detail.jpg)

<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_side2.jpg)

Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_side2.jpg)

<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_top.jpg)

Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_top.jpg)

<em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_side1.jpg)

Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2013.27_side1.jpg)

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Head of a Buddha

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
This head stood atop a massive seated or standing figure of the Buddha Shakyamuni. Its facial features and the rim around its hairline associate it with sculptures made in and around the city of Lopburi, in central Thailand. Lopburi was a provincial capital for the Cambodian rulers who occupied parts of Thailand for three hundred years. Stone sculpture would gradually fall out of favor in Thailand after the departure of the Khmer rulers in the thirteenth century, giving way to metal, lacquer, and stucco.
MEDIUM Sandstone
  • Place Made: Thailand
    • DATES 13th-14th century
    DIMENSIONS 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2013.27
    CREDIT LINE Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
    CAPTION Head of a Buddha, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 2013.27_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    <em>Head of a Buddha</em>, 13th-14th century. Sandstone, 32 x 22 x 20 in., 635 lb. (81.3 x 55.9 x 50.8 cm, 288.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, 2013.27 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2013.27_threequarter_left_PS9.jpg)

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