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Votive Tablet

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

Within a pointed arch, stamped with a deeply sunk, low relief impression from a mould. Gautama Buddha seated on a lotus throne in the bhumisparsa attitude, flanked by the standing figures of his two great apostles, Maudgalyayana and Sariputra. This trio is framed in three trefoil headed arches surmounted by umbrella or stupas, with smaller stupas disposed in the interspaces.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Terra cotta
Brief description
Votive tablet with seated Buddha, terracotta, from the Kyaukku Ohnmin Temple at Pagan, Burma, 11th century.
Physical description
Within a pointed arch, stamped with a deeply sunk, low relief impression from a mould. Gautama Buddha seated on a lotus throne in the bhumisparsa attitude, flanked by the standing figures of his two great apostles, Maudgalyayana and Sariputra. This trio is framed in three trefoil headed arches surmounted by umbrella or stupas, with smaller stupas disposed in the interspaces.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.5in
  • Width: 6in
Marks and inscriptions
(A hand written label is pasted on the bottom of the front inscribed:- "Buddhist votive stamped brick. Taguang, Irawaddy River, Upper Burma, The oldest known capital prob. 4th or 5th century AD)
Credit line
Purchased from Robert Sewell, Esq. (late ICS), 4 Bristol Gardens, Roehampton, Surrey
Object history
From Robert Sewell
Historical context
Founded in 1904 in a rock cut cave behind the principal image of Buddha in the Kyaukku Ohnmin Temple at Pagan, Burma
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
IM.369-1914

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Record createdAugust 28, 2003
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