Votive Tablet

89-13-63

From: Penninsular Thailand | Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-63
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai
Provenience Penninsular Thailand | Thailand
Section Asian
Materials Clay
Description

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 throne under a cusped archway. The back is a lighter beige color with smooth surface. The back is flat except for an oval concave impression within which there is a human figure. See 89-13-62 for a very similar piece. May be older than 89-13-62. Clay characteristic of peninsular Thailand.

Height 5.5 cm
Width 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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