A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1964/2.18
- Title
- A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- terracotta, molded
- Object Creation Date
- 618-907
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Buddhist
- Period
- China, Tang Period (618-907)
- Dimensions
- 6 cm x 3.5 cm (2 3/8 in. x 1 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 7th-9th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- relief
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Secondary Object Type
- portable icon
- Physical Description
- A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene..
- Subject Matter
- Amitabha (Chinese, Amitofou), the Buddha of the Western Paradise, preaching. Note that his hands are in the dharmacarka mudra (the gesture of "turning the wheel of the law." One of the most widely worshipped deities in Mahayana Buddhism in China from the late sixth through 10th centuries and in Japan from the 11th century onward. Here he is shown seated on a lotus petal, rising up from a pond, and surrounded by rising tendrils of lotus buds.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 447 x 533
- File Size
- 15 KB
- Record
- 1964/2.18
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"A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha Amitâbha (Chinese, Amitofou) preaching in his Western Paradise; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1964-sl-2.18/1964_2.18.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
