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 on a lotus throne, showing the bhumisparsa mudra, and wearing a samghati draped over the left shoulder, flanked by two smaller Buddhas, each kneeling on a lotus pedestal with their hands clasped together, all with calm expressions and subtle smiles, the central figure with an ushnisha, all within a shrine surmounted by seven 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: 7.0 g
Dimensions: Size 7.9 x 6.7 cm