Object - Votive plaque

Materials -Terracotta
Techniques - Impressed
Place of origin - Pagan , Burma ( Myanmar )

Current Location - British Museum

Date - 13thC

Dimensions - Height: 19.5 centimetres

Description
Votive plaque. Buddha beneath a triple arch and a parasol, in the earth-touching gesture. The tree is shown by branches with the Bodhi leaf. The small surrounding Buddhas in pearled niches with indications of a tree above and around them are a series of twenty-eight predecessors of the 'historical' Buddha. Two ‘stūpas’ fill spaces at the top, and a line of Burmese characters runs at the bottom of the impression. Inscribed with Burmese characters. Made of impressed terracotta.

Inscriptions
Inscription Type: inscription
Inscription Script: Burmese
Inscription Position: bottom
Inscription Comment: A line of Burmese characters runs at the bottom of the impression.

Curator's comments
Zwalf 1985

Another example of Burmese votive plaques of Indian type shows the Buddha beneath a triple arch and a parasol, in the earth-touching gesture associated with Bodh Gayā. The tree is shown by branches with the unmistakable Bodhi leaf. The small surrounding Buddhas in pearled niches with indications of a tree above and around them are a series of twenty-eight predecessors of the 'historical' Buddha. Two ‘stūpas’ fill spaces at the top, and a line of Burmese characters runs at the bottom of the impression.