Description A GOLD REPOUSSé BUDDHIST VOTIVE PLAQUE
Cambodia or Laos, 10th-12th century. The gold plaque with fine repoussé and neatly incised details depicting three Buddhas, one in the center seated in dhyanasana, showing the bhumisparsa mudra, and wearing a samghati draped over the left shoulder, flanked by two smaller Buddhas, each kneeling on a raised pedestal with their hands clasped together, all with calm expressions and subtle smiles, the figures within a shrine surmounted by a stupa and surrounded by foliate branches.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above.
Condition: Good condition with few miniscule losses, minor traces of age and wear, as well as soil encrustations.
Weight: 4.5 g
Dimensions: Size 8 x 5.7 cm