Native Name | Thurathati (uncertain) |
Object Number | 89-13-20 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Burmese | Buddhist |
Provenience | Burma |
Period | Konbaung Dynasty | Amarapura Period |
Date Made | 1752-1819 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Brass |
Technique | Cire Perdue |
Iconography | Thurathati? | Sarasvati? | Rosary | Manuscript |
Description | A standing female figure with rosary in left hand and book in the right hand. Wears a royal headdress. The finial resembles the head of a bird, possibly a hamsa. Cast in one piece with circular base. Probably made as an effigy for the relic chamber of a pagoda dedicated to Sarasvati, the Hindu goddess who is the keeper of the tripitaka texts in Buddhism. |
Height | 11.5 cm |
Width | 2.8 cm |
Depth | 2.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989 |
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