Votive Tablet

89-13-43

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-43
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience Thailand
Period Ayutthaya Period
Date Made Ayutthaya Period
Section Asian
Materials Clay
Iconography Buddha
Description

Gilded ceramic votive table with image of standing Buddha in pointed concentric archways. Figure standing on circular multi-tiered and waisted throne. Right hand is lowered at side with left hand raised in front of chest in abhaya mudra. Pointed finial and usnisa. Robes in open mode with right shoulder bare. Robes hang down on each side with raised lines of folds at waist and down center front of lower half of garment. Back side not gilded and has wide black marks on orangish clay surface.

Height 11 cm
Width 5 cm
Thickness 1.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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