Votive Tablet
89-13-63
From: Penninsular Thailand | Thailand
Curatorial Section: Asian
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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