Votive Stupa

anonymous, c. 900 - c. 1100

A stupa is a hemispherical Buddhist structure built to commemorate the Buddha. Miniature stupas were commissioned by Buddhist pilgrims and offered to monasteries. Human ashes and bones have been found in some of these small stupas; it was considered highly auspicious to be buried in a place visited by the Buddha or where his relics were kept.

  • Artwork typesculpture, ex-voto, stūpa
  • Object numberAK-MAK-184
  • Dimensionsheight 24 cm x diameter 15 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Votive Stupa

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-184

  • Description

    Basement op vier zijden in haut-reliëf, versierd met vier Dhyani-Boeddha's in Diamanten-houding zetelend in nissen. Uitgevoerd in zwarte kalksteen. Votiefstoepa.

Creation

  • Creation

    • sculptor: anonymous, Bodh Gaya
    • sculptor: anonymous, Bihar

  • Dating

    c. 900 - c. 1100

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 24 cm x diameter 15 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Paul Mallon, Parijs, 1920)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; donated by Paul Mallon, Paris, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatiche Kunst, 1920;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

    • M. Benisti, Sur un stupa votif de l'A Museum, Art Asiae Vol. XXVII (1964) 1/ 2, p. 151-156.
    • M. Benisti, Examen d'un stupa mineur de Bihar, Befco LXXIV 1985, p. 135-145.
    • H.G. Franz, Der Stupa mit Kultnische, Art asiae Vol. XXIII (1960) 3/4/, p. 239-253,

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