Carving
Object Number:
60-5-4
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Burmese
Buddhist
Provenience:
Burma
Period:
Mandalay period
Date Made:
19th century
Early Date:
1800
Late Date:
1899
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Elephant Ivory
Technique:
Carved
Iconography:
Buddhas
Description:
Sin-swe papu. Sama-bodhi Buddhas in niches. Completely carved ivory tusk with Buddha figures on six registers, terminating in a pagoda. Background is cut away so figures, each in its own niche, are in full round.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry B. Keep
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Lyons, Elizabeth and Heather Peters, Chang Ch'eng-mei, Gregory Possehl. 1985. Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition. : Page/Fig./Plate: 45
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