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Buddhist Votive Plaque with Three Seated Bodhisattvas

Buddhist Votive Plaque with Three Seated Bodhisattvas

PlaquesTibetan18th-19th century

Buddhist Votive Plaque with Three Seated Bodhisattvas

perhaps 18th-19th century

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.

Classification

Plaques

Medium

Molded buff earthenware

Culture

Tibetan

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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

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

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