Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: On display in 'Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond' from 28th May 2014 - 17th January 2015. Labelled as '1. Mind and body
Figures in red and white clay, some with ash incorporated, depicting Buddha Shakyamuni, Bodhisattva Manjugosha, White Tara, and a triad of stupas.
Tibet. Collector and donor unknown. Z 21080'.

A: '3. Six model chorten
Five finely detailed terracotta chorten or stupas, probably taken from a single hoard, and one light grey chorten collected by plant-hunters Frank Kingdom Ward and Jack Cawdor.
Tibet. 1925.597 C & Z 21080 A'.

B: '4. Deities of long life
The triad of deities of Buddha Amitayus, White Tara and Ushnisahavijaya is associated with rituals to prolong life.
Tibet. 1925.597 B & Z 21080 B.5'.

B: '5. Manjushri
Two white clay tsha tsha of Manjusri, with a sword raised above his head.
Tibet. Collector & donor unknown. Z 21080 B.5'.

C: '6. Ten Buddhas
The multiple identical images of Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra probably evokes the thirty-five Buddhas
of Confession, or the thousand Buddhas of our age.
Tibet. Collector & donor unknown. Z 21080 C'.
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
Sixteen small clay carvings. A: five cone-shaped stupas. B: ten relief plaques portraying deities. C: one triangular plaque portraying multiple deities
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Author: ashleigh griffin

Context (Amendments / updates)
The decision was taken to split these records into their 'A, B, C' groupings as they are distinctly different from each other. All the relevant information has been transferred across.
Event Date 8/1/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin

Description (Physical description)
White clay tablet showing the bodhisattva White Tara. She is shown seated on top of a lotus pedestal in 'Varada Mudra', which involves the right hand draped over the knee to the ground with the palm facing out towards the viewer and the left hand held towards the chest with a lotus blossom in the hand. She wears a headdress, but the details of the face and head are very worn and not clear.
Event Date 8/1/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin