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11th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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


Object details

Categories
Object type
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
Dimensions
  • Height: 5in
  • Width: 4.6in
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.
Collection
Accession number
IM.365-1914

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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