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Seated Buddha on a lotus throne. The upturned left hand resting in his lap holds a fruit (fig or myrobolans?) between the forefinger and thumb. The right hand in "earth witness" gesture, "Bhumisparsa mudra", holds a myroboloans between the forefinger and thumb - there are also little balls wedged at the tips of the other fingers. The head is surmounted with a pointed pinnacle. Cast by the cire perdue process and incised with a graver.

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Category	India Museum
Object type	Figure
Brief description	seated Buddha; Sculpture, bronze, Burma, C19
Physical description	Seated Buddha on a lotus throne. The upturned left hand resting in his lap holds a fruit (fig or myrobolans?) between the forefinger and thumb. The right hand in "earth witness" gesture, "Bhumisparsa mudra", holds a myroboloans between the forefinger and thumb - there are also little balls wedged at the tips of the other fingers. The head is surmounted with a pointed pinnacle. Cast by the cire perdue process and incised with a graver.
Credit line	Given by the Royal Asiatic Society
Object history	Inventoried as part of the contents of the former India Museum transferred to South Kensington Museum in November 1879. Formerly gifted to the V&A and reaccessioned in 1924.
Other number	474(IS) - India Museum Catalogue (IS) Number
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IM.358-1924

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O455138/figure/

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