The Buddhist Disciple Phra Sankachai in the Metrop…
Seated Buddha from Thailand in the Metropolitan Mu…
Seated Buddha from Thailand in the Metropolitan Mu…
Standing Shiva or Temple Guardian from Vietnam in…
Standing Shiva or Temple Guardian from Vietnam in…
Detail of the Standing Shiva or Temple Guardian fr…
Detail of the Standing Shiva or Temple Guardian fr…
Work (Mask) by Isamu Noguchi in the Metropolitan M…
Work (Mask) by Isamu Noguchi in the Metropolitan M…
IMG 1064-001-Rolling Bridge
IMG 1087-001-Double-Decker Phone Box
IMG 1083-001-Phone
IMG 1079-001-Phone Box Interior
Lights
Dans une galerie d'art
IMG 1137-001-Earthling 2
IMG 1139-001-Earthling 3
IMG 1135-001-Earthling 1
Bust of Cleopatra by Antico in the Boston Museum o…
Bust of Cleopatra by Antico in the Boston Museum o…
Priestess Burning Incense in the Boston Museum of…
Priestess Burning Incense in the Boston Museum of…
Detail of the Priestess Burning Incense in the Bos…
Detail of the Priestess Burning Incense in the Bos…
Detail of the Priestess Burning Incense in the Bos…
Detail of the Priestess Burning Incense in the Bos…
Detail of the Priestess Burning Incense in the Bos…
Detail of the Priestess Burning Incense in the Bos…
Head of a Woman Maybe Marciana in the Boston Museu…
Head of a Woman Maybe Marciana in the Boston Museu…
Portrait of Elagabalus or Alexander Severus in the…
Portrait of Elagabalus or Alexander Severus in the…
Bronze Portrait of a Man in the Boston Museum of F…
Over the Loire
IMG 0982-001-Garden of Un-earthly Delights
IMG 0983-001-Suhasini Kejriwal
Men and women
IMG 0980-001-Waking Matter
King Userkaf
Room sized sphinx
Protective Sphynx
IMG 0981-001-Amy Stephens
IMG 0970-001-The Mothership Connection2
IMG 0968-001-The Mothership Connection1
IMG 0974-001-Zak Ove
IMG 0965-001-You Will Carry Dreams, Memories and N…
IMG 0964-001-Temitayo Ogunbiyi
IMG 0955-001-Sleepwalker 1
IMG 0960-001-Sleepwalker 2
IMG 0962-001-Tony Matelli
IMG 0953-001-To Find a Way Home 2
IMG 0950-001-To Find a Way Home 1
IMG 0954-001-Li Li Ren
IMG 0947-001-Yggdrasill/Books
IMG 0948-001-Yuichi Hirako
IMG 0946-001-Josh Smith
IMG 0944-001-Friend
IMG 0942-001-Gyagenda
IMG 0941-001-Leilah Babirye
IMG 0937-001-Model for Celebration II
IMG 0938-Louise Nevelson
IMG 0935-001-Tomas Saraceno
IMG 0936-001-Silent Autumn
IMG 0932-001-Model for a Moss Column
IMG 0933-001-Ayse Erkmen
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
22 visits
The Buddhist Disciple Phra Sankachai in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2023
Title: The Buddhist Disciple Phra Sankachai
Date: ca. late 17th century
Culture: Thailand
Medium: Bronze with traces of gilt; eyes inlaid with shell and garnet
Dimensions: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); D. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts of friends of Jim Thompson, in his memory, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.27
This is a much favored depiction of a famed Buddhist disciple, rotund and shaven, renowned for his gifts in teaching the dharma. He was introduced into later Southeast Asian Buddhism from China, where he is known as Budai. He has various hagiographies, but is widely understood as an incarnation of Maitreya, the Future Buddha. Popularly he is associated with contentment and prosperity.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56784
Date: ca. late 17th century
Culture: Thailand
Medium: Bronze with traces of gilt; eyes inlaid with shell and garnet
Dimensions: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm); D. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts of friends of Jim Thompson, in his memory, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.27
This is a much favored depiction of a famed Buddhist disciple, rotund and shaven, renowned for his gifts in teaching the dharma. He was introduced into later Southeast Asian Buddhism from China, where he is known as Budai. He has various hagiographies, but is widely understood as an incarnation of Maitreya, the Future Buddha. Popularly he is associated with contentment and prosperity.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56784
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2024
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.