- Title
- Buddha Shakyamuni
- Date Made
- dated 1890
- Medium
- Copper alloy inlaid with rock crystal and obsidian
- Dimensions
- 25 7/8 x 12 1/2 x 9 in. (65.72 x 31.75 x 22.86 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.80.228.2
- Collecting Area
- South and Southeast Asian Art
- Curatorial Notes
The dedicatory inscription on the base of this Buddha image is written in the Tham alphabet and is in the Thai Yuan and Pali languages.
In Thai Yuan:
"In the year Chalu, Ekasok, (this image) was made, on a Friday, month 4, 9th night of the waning moon, 2432 (years after the Nibbana [nirvana] of) the Buddha (Friday, March 14th, 1890). Luang Phakdi, his wife and family had the greatest faith (in the teachings of the Buddha) and so they made this Buddha image and gave it to the religion for its 5000 years (of existence)"
In Pali:
"May (the merit resulting from our making this image) be a means for us to reach Nibbana."
- Selected Bibliography
- Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.
- Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.
