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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Votive Tablet

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

Low relief impression of Gautama Buddha, seated beneath a trefoil arch surmounted by an umbrella, from which issue slender leafy branches of the Ficus Religiosa. Figure surrounded by 24 smaller Buddhas.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Terracotta
Brief description
Fragment of votive tablet showing Buddhas, terracotta, from the Kyaukku Ohnmin Temple at Pagan, Burma, 11th century
Physical description
Low relief impression of Gautama Buddha, seated beneath a trefoil arch surmounted by an umbrella, from which issue slender leafy branches of the Ficus Religiosa. Figure surrounded by 24 smaller Buddhas.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.25in
  • Width: 5.25in
Credit line
Purchased from Robert Sewell, Esq. (late ICS), 4 Bristol Gardens, Roehampton, Surrey
Object history
Bought from Robert Sewell
Historical context
Found in 1904 in rock cut cave behind the principal image of Buddha in the Kyaukka Ohnmin Temple at Pagan, Burma.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.364-1914

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Record createdAugust 28, 2003
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