drawing
- Museum number
- 1939,0311,0.7.44
- Description
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Drawing: Pencil on paper. Sketch of image of standing deity, possibly a bodhisattva, with attendants and halo. Mark. No signature.
- Production date
- 1814 - 1816
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.80 centimetres
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Width: 17.60 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- According to Dr. Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, this is one of a number of metal sculptures kept as sacred heirlooms by a chief in the village of Talaga near Cirebon on the north coast of Java. Raffles was unable to acquire the images, and hence had drawings taken of the pieces instead. See also 1939,0311,0.7.42 and 43 and 49.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2019 29 Jan-May, Singapore, Asian Civilisations Museum, Raffles in Southeast Asia
2019-2020 Sept-Jan, Gallery 91, Sir Stamford Raffles
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1939,0311,0.7.44