Sealing with Enthroned Buddha Calling the Earth to Witness
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.One of the most pervasive indicators of Buddhist activity in first-millennium Southeast Asia is the presence of molded clay tablets of Buddhist dedication. Some of the earliest examples from Southeast Asia appear in urban Pyu contexts in central Myanmar, datable to about the seventh or eighth century. The moldings were understood as an extension of the cult of relics: a depiction of the Buddha or a stupa or simply a plaque bearing text (typically the dharma, the Buddha’s word) was an accessible object of veneration.
cat. no. 53
cat. no. 53
Artwork Details
- Title: Sealing with Enthroned Buddha Calling the Earth to Witness
- Date: 7th–8th century
- Culture: Central Myanmar
- Medium: Fired clay
- Dimensions: H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm); W. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm); D. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Lent by Department of Archaeology and Museums, Yangon, Myanmar (2001/2/70)
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art