Mandala Votive Plaque or Pendant
1800
Physical Qualities
Repoussé silver, copper, 10.8 x 7.2 x 1.2 cm. (4 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.2007.9
Manjushri (?) holding a raised sword in his proper right hand, and lotus in his proper left stands on top of a roaring lion, at the top center of a mandala of two concentric circles, the outer filled with the twelve heavenly branches of the Chinese zodiac, and the inner with the ba gua. Below the mandala, in descending order: a sun, crescent moon, hand, vajrakila, and lotus throne.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel or Etta Cone, Baltimore; probably purchased in India or China in 1907 on Cone Family trip
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "The Devotional Art of Tibet," May 14, 2007-January 20, 2008.
Inscribed: Verso: inscribed with flower at center, 4 characters in corners.
