Statuette
Object Number:
A1437
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Tibetan
Tibetan Buddhist
Provenience:
Tibet
Date Made:
18th Century
Early Date:
1700
Late Date:
1799
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Copper Alloy
Brass
Bronze
Gilt
Technique:
Gilded
Iconography:
Padma Sambhava
Lotus
Vajra
Description:
Statuette of St. Padma. Gilt bronze. Peaked hat. On double lotus. Left hand broken at wrist. Blooming lotus supporting vajra attached to both arms, one on left partly broken.
Credit Line:
Purchased from George Lagai, Kny-Sheerer & Company
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914)
Bibliography:
[Article] Gordon, G. B. 1914. Some Art Objects from Tibet. The Museum Journal. Volume V (No. 1): 10-14. : Page/Fig./Plate: 10-14
[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 35 No. 16
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