Accession No
1925.597 B
Description
Orange and grey clay votive offering representing Amitayus, White Tara and Ushnishavijaya (the 'Three Deities of Long Life').
Place
Asia; South Asia; Himalayas; Tibet
Period
Source
Cawdor (Earl) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1925.597 B
Cultural Affliation
Monba
Material
Ceramic; Clay
Local Term
Measurements
46mm x 11mm x 48mm
Events
Context (Other owners)
Collected by: Cawdor.Earl;
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Three clay votive offerings. A and B are from the same mould, but B is yellow-coloured, representing Buddha. C is a lotus flower.
Event Date 1925
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Debbie Swallow: 'It is of stupa form'.
Event Date 26/6/1980
Author: ashleigh griffin
Context (Display)
Exhibited: On display in 'Buddha's Word: The Life of Books in Tibet and Beyond' from 28th May 2014 - 17th January 2015. Labelled as
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'.
C: '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'.
Event Date 17/1/2015
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Grey clay stamp with an orange/yellow surface, showing Amitayus, White Tara and Ushnishavijaya (otherwise known as the 'Three Deities of Long Life'). Amitayus is depicted at the top with Ushnishavijaya to the lower right and White Tara to the lower left. Separating the two figures on the bottom of the tablet is a stupa and flanking either side of Amitayus is a crescent moon and a solar disc.
Event Date 8/1/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:282408
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