Votive Tablet

2011-14-12

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2011-14-12
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Buddhist
Provenience Burma
Period Pagan
Date Made 12th - 13th Century
Section Asian
Materials Terracotta
Iconography Buddha
Inscription Language Burmese Language
Description

Light brown colored clay votive tablet. Roughly rectangular shape with curved point at top. Outer edge raised. Middle intricately picture of seated Buddha with surrounding devotees. There is an inscription below the seated Buddha.

Height 13.4 cm
Width 9 cm
Depth 1.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of Kathryn Smith Pyle from the collection of my aunt and uncle: Robert Porter Sechler and Aileen Pyle Sechler, 2011

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