Tablet / figure / Buddha

Description

Zinc votive offering representing different scenes from the life of the Buddha including his birth and death, mounted on a wooden block: South Asia, India, possibly 18th century

Museum reference

A.395.11

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tablet / figure / Buddha, Votive, Offering

Production information

India, South Asia

Date

18th - early 19th century

Style / Culture

Buddhist

Materials

Zinc, Wood

Physical description

Zinc on a wooden stand

Associations

Depicted: Buddha
Mayne, Robert, 1782 - 1867