Votive Tablet

89-13-62

From: Penninsular Thailand | Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-62
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai
Provenience Penninsular Thailand | Thailand
Section Asian
Materials Clay
Description

Orange-brown flat clay oval tablet. The front is impressed with the figure of Jambhala, god of wealth, with fat belly and right leg pendant. He is seated on a raised throne under a cusped archway. The back is flat except for a concave impression approximately 1.4 cm in diameter. Within the impression there are two human figures facing each other with legs bent. See 89-13-63 for very similar piece. Contemporary. Clay characteristic of Peninsular Thailand.

Height 5 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 4 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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