Jul 7
Sculptured head (stucco; 20.3 cm [8 in] high x 14.6 cm [5.7 in] wide x 14.0 cm [5.5 in] thick) of the Buddha, made by an artist of the Dvaravati culture in what is now central Thailand between 700 and 900 AD/CE. Much is unknown about Dvaravati, which may have been either a single kingdom or a collection of small kingdoms; its inhabitants likely spoke Mon, a language related to modern-day Cambodian (but not to Thai) that is still spoken in parts of Thailand and Myanmar. This sculpture will have served as decoration for one of the brick temples characteristic of Dvaravati.
Now in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, CA, USA. Photo credit: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
