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 and showing the bhumisparsa mudra, flanked by two Buddhas each standing in samapada on a lotus dais and showing the abhaya mudra, all with calm expressions, long earlobes, and subtle smiles, the figures within a shrine surmounted by five stupas.
Provenance: Ex-Collection of The Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above.
Condition: Very good condition with minor traces of age and wear as well as soil encrustations.
Weight: 5.9 g
Dimensions: Size 8.3 x 7 cm