Slab / fragment / votive offering

Description

Earthenware votive offering with impressed figure of Buddha enshrined surrounded by multiple stupas, with inscription: South Asia, India, Bengal, found at Bodhi-Gaya during General Cunningham's explorations, c. 10th century

Museum reference

A.1883.68.4

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Slab / fragment / votive offering

Production information

Bodhi-Gaya, Bengal, India, South Asia

Date

10th century

Materials

Terracotta

Physical description

Earthenware, red, impressed figure, partial inscription on the side

Associations

Depicted: Buddha
Cunningham, Alexander, General 1814 - 1894
Bodhi-Gaya, Bengal, India, South Asia

References

Cunningham, A. Major-General Sir. 1892. Mahabodhi or the Great Buddhist Temple under the Bodhi Tree at Buddha-Gaya. London: W.H. Allen & Co. Limited.