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Object Type
Museum number: 1872,0701.23
Description: Slab from a stupa. A crowned teaching Buddha seated in a niche. Made of stone (schist).
Cultures/periods
Production date: 10thC-11thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: India (East)
Materials
Dimensions: Height: 44.50 centimetres
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names
Acquisition name: Donated by: Mrs John Bridge; Donated by: Miss Fanny Bridge; Donated by: Mrs Edgar Baker
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: John Bridge; Previous owner/ex-collection: Major General Charles Stuart
Acquisition date: 1872
Acquisition notes: Purchased by John Bridge at the Stuart sale at Christie's in June, 1830. The collection was given to the British Museum in 1872 by Mrs John Bridge and his nieces, Miss Fanny Bridge and Mrs Edgar Baker, on the death that year of George Bridge, brother of John Bridge.
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1872,0701.23

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