Fragment
11th century (made)
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Arch-shaped, broken diagonally downward from right to left. Four rows of small Buddhas, or portions of Buddhas, all in the Bhumisparsa attitude, in the following order, 2, 4, 6, and 3. On either side of the top row of three, are two small topes, each surmounted by a four-fold umbrella
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Materials and techniques | Terra cotta |
Brief description | votive plaque; Ritual, terracotta, from the Kyankku Ohnmin cave temple in Pagan, Burma, probably 11th century |
Physical description | Arch-shaped, broken diagonally downward from right to left. Four rows of small Buddhas, or portions of Buddhas, all in the Bhumisparsa attitude, in the following order, 2, 4, 6, and 3. On either side of the top row of three, are two small topes, each surmounted by a four-fold umbrella |
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Credit line | Purchased from Robert Sewell, Esq. (late ICS), 4 Bristol Gardens, Roehampton, Surrey |
Object history | Found by R. Sewell in 1905. It has a hand written label pasted on the back to the same effect as IM 362-1914. |
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Accession number | IM.365-1914 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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