Foliate Pedestal for a Buddhist Image
This foliate pedestal supported an icon (now missing), probably of a seated Buddhist deity in an articulated lotus-bud mandala. The finely modeled openwork design is enhanced with independently cast and gilded ornaments, two of which survive: a flame motif and a conch shell. The Burmese provenance is a reminder of the close connections that existed between eastern India and the Burmese kingdom of Pagan in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Artwork Details
- Title: Foliate Pedestal for a Buddhist Image
- Period: Pala period
- Date: late 12th century
- Culture: India (probably Bengal)
- Medium: Partially gilded brass, copper base
- Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); D. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Manheim Foundation Inc. Gift and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 2009
- Object Number: 2009.21a–c
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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