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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.461
Title
Buddhist Votive Plaque with Three Seated Bodhisattvas
Classification
Plaques
Work Type
plaque
Date
perhaps 18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, Tibet
Culture
Tibetan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/315460

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Molded buff earthenware
Dimensions
H. 7.1 x W. 6.2 x D. 1.2 cm (2 13/16 x 2 7/16 x 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edmund Lin (1928-2006; Professor, Harvard Medical School), Boston; by bequest to the Harvard Art Museum

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.461
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This small votive plaque has a flat bottom, nearly vertical sides, and a scalloped top in the form of an ogival arch. This Buddhist plaque features three bodhisattvas, each molded in low relief and each seated on a lotus base and before a mandorla. Two bodhisattvas appear side side-by-side in the lower half of the plaque; a single bodhisattva sits in the narrower, upper half of the plaque. Scrolling clouds (or possibly scrolling foliage) fill the interstices of the design. The back and sides of the plaque are undecorated. It is possible that the plaque--or at least its front face--originally might have been painted; if so, all traces of pigment have vanished. The surfaces of this plaque are a bit indistinct, either through wear or, more likely, through its creation with an old, well-used, and much-worn mold.

Verification Level

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