Clay Votive Tablet
Product Description
This clay votive tablet, reportedly found at Pegu, Burma (now Myanmar), depicts the Buddha seated in the Bhumisparsa Mudra pose with his right hand in the gesture of touching or witnessing the earth (bhumisparsa mudra), the gesture which more than any other represents the moment of his enlightenment.
Object: Votive Plaque (Sâccha)
Title: Depicting Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra
Date: 11th to 13th century
Techniques: Terracotta, deeply impressed from an intaglio mould
Place: Pagan, Burma
Dimensions: (3" x 1 3/4")
Object: Votive Plaque (Sâccha)
Title: Depicting Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra
Date: 11th to 13th century
Techniques: Terracotta, deeply impressed from an intaglio mould
Place: Pagan, Burma
Dimensions: (3" x 1 3/4")