Not currently on display at the V&A

Seated Crowned Buddha

Mid 19th century or earlier (made)
Place of origin

Crowned or Jambhupati Buddha seated in bhumisparsa-padmasana mudra (earth-touching lotus position). Dressed in princely raiment. Great open-work appendages extend from either side of the crown which surrounds a spire-like finial. He is seated on a waisted double lotus throne.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Sculpted marble with remnants of gilding and paint.
Brief description
Burmese Crowned or Jambhupati Buddha seated in bhumisparsa-padmasana mudra on a double lotus throne. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Marble with remnants of gilding and paint. c. before 1880
Physical description
Crowned or Jambhupati Buddha seated in bhumisparsa-padmasana mudra (earth-touching lotus position). Dressed in princely raiment. Great open-work appendages extend from either side of the crown which surrounds a spire-like finial. He is seated on a waisted double lotus throne.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35cm
Style
Object history
This crowned type is called Jambhupati Buddha in South-east Asia after a story, unknown from Indian sources, which tells of an ambitious king of that name whom the Buddha humbled and converted by appearing in the unmatchable splendour of a Universal Monarch.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
452(IS)

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Record createdJune 9, 2003
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