Alexander Brown Griswold was an American art historian, known for his work in Thai art history and epigraphy. Born into an established banking family of Baltimore, he became acquainted with Thailand w
Seated Buddha image in maravijaya posture, Sukhothai style. Part of Griswold's personal collection, donated to the Walters Art Museum.
The Sukhothai Kingdom was a post-classical Siamese kingdom in Mainland Southeast Asia surrounding the ancient capital city of Sukhothai in present-day north-central Thailand. It evolved from a trading
A. B. Griswold
…dedicating himself to the study of its history and archaeology. Griswold's early work mostly focused on stylistic analyses of the religious sculpture of Sukhothai and Lan Na, and by the 1960s he had become recognized as an expert authority on Thai traditional art, particularly in the area of sculpture. He was an…
Wat Si Sawai at the Sukhothai Historical Park
Dress and hairstyle of the Sukhothai era, from the Wat Si Chum stone.
A Māravijaya Buddha from Sukhothai, dated to the second half of the 13th century, at the Walters Art Museum.
The Ram Khamhaeng Inscription at the Bangkok National Museum