Pendant with Sukkothai Buddha in Lotus Position

Little rust-colored plaque holds a meditating shape and wears a gold rope border.

This clay and brass pendant of a Sukhothai Buddha in lotus position is contemporary. Small Buddha images worn as pendants have a long tradition in Thailand, where people often wear amulets for protection and as a sign of faith. Pendant shaped like a rounded arch, showing a seated shape in soft relief with paler highlights over an orange ground. It is 0.6 inches long, 0.25 deep and 0.75 high.

Gentle in relief, steady in bearing.