Shakyamuni Votive Plaque or Pendant
1800
Physical Qualities
Repoussé copper, 10.8 x 8.1 x 1.5 cm. (4 1/4 x 3 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.2007.8
Buddha in dyasana at center, in paranirvana at top edge; around the edges, beginning at the top left corner, scenes from the life of Buddha are arrayed, including: Buddha's first step, his mediation in the forest, and his preaching in the Bamboo Grove. There is a double-vajra and a bell on either side of the central image of Buddha calling the Earth to witness.
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 double fish above a lotus flower at center, 4 characters at corner: Om Mani Padme Hum.
