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figure
Object Type
figure
Museum number
1992,1214.36
Description
Figure. Made of gilded bronze. Maitreya seated on throne with makara, lions, lotus stalks and tiny Manjusri.
Production date
18thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Tibet
Materials
gold
bronze
Technique
gilded
Dimensions
Height:
25 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Willis 1999 / Tibet: Life, Myth and Art
(p. 94)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
animal
makara
bodhisattva
lotus
buddha
Associated names
Associated with:
Maitreya
Associated with:
Mañjuśrī/Wenshu/Monju
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Johannes Nikolaus Schmitt
Donated by:
Mareta Meade
Acquisition date
1992
Department
Asia
Registration number
1992,1214.36
Conservation
Treatment
: 18 Jan 1993
Treatment
: 15 Jan 1993