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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1859,1228.6
Description
Figure (Akshobhya). Made of bronze.
Production date
12thC
Production place
Made in:
Java
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Java
Materials
bronze
Dimensions
Height:
11 centimetres
Curator's comments
Register says: Bronze figure of Dhyani Buddha Akshobhya seated in "witness" attitude, like No.5 except that there is no cloth spread over the feet. Whole pe. XCVII.5 Raffles collection Presented by the Executor of Lady Raffles
Location
On display
(G1/wp87)
Subjects
buddha
Associated names
Representation of:
Akṣhobhya (阿芻婆)
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Rev William Charles Raffles Flint
Acquisition date
1859
Department
Asia
Registration number
1859,1228.6
Conservation
Treatment
: 04 Jul 2003
Treatment
: 20 Mar 2003