Accession No

Z 20363.6


Description

Cast, white metal figure of ?Lord Buddha


Place

Asia; South Asia; India


Period


Source

?Lechmere-Oertel, Frederick Oscar [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 20363.6


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal


Local Term


Measurements

18mm x 77mm x 11mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Six small, metal objects: Two brass figures of Krishna as a child, lying on a fig leaf. Brass statuette of Ganesha. Small, bronze deity. Small, white metal deity. Piece of bronze, barely distinguishable as a crouching lion - probably a leg from a stand.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Z 20363.1 Krishna on a fig leaf
Z 20363.2 Krishna on a fig leaf
Z 20363.3 statuette of Ganesha
Z 20363.4 Piece of bronze, barely distinguishable as a crouching lion
Z 20363.5 Bronze figurine of Vishnu
Z 20363.6 White metal figure of ?Buddha
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (CMS Context)
Statue of Ganesha taken for conservation by Celia Honeycombe, 1995.
Event Date 1/12/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (CMS Context)
.1 Krishna on a fig leaf: l. 6.8 x w. 3.6 x d. 1.5 cm; .2 Krishna on a fig leaf: l. 6.5 x w. 3.4 x d. 1.5 cm; .3 statuette of Ganesha: h. 4 x w. 2.5 x d. 1.4 cm; Piece of bronze, barely distinguishable as a crouching lion: H: 2.8 cm; W: 2 cm; D: 1.9 cm;
Event Date 9/12/2015
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (CMS Context)
Other number, 43, as written in pencil on small paper label adhered to base of Z 20363.1 and Z 20363.2. The label is characteristic of those adhered to objects from the Frederick Oscar Lechmere-Oertel collection.
Event Date 27/4/2016
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Cast white metal figure of a male deity, potentially Lord Buddha. The figure shows a male standing with his feet together wearing a stepped head dress. The p. left hand, which has very long fingers, is down by the side and the p. right hand is shown palm out facing the viewer, bent at the elbow. There are small dots on the hair of the figure, potentially resembling curls.
Event Date 26/9/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin


FM:281605

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