Votive

Statuette

89-13-20

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thurathati (uncertain)
Object Number 89-13-20
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Burmese | Buddhist
Provenience Burma
Period Konbaung Dynasty | Amarapura Period
Date Made 1752-1819
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Technique Cire Perdue
Iconography Thurathati? | Sarasvati? | Rosary | Manuscript
Description

A standing female figure with rosary in left hand and book in the right hand. Wears a royal headdress. The finial resembles the head of a bird, possibly a hamsa. Cast in one piece with circular base. Probably made as an effigy for the relic chamber of a pagoda dedicated to Sarasvati, the Hindu goddess who is the keeper of the tripitaka texts in Buddhism.

Height 11.5 cm
Width 2.8 cm
Depth 2.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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