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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