Kadampa Stupa / Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2003/1.386
- Title
- Kadampa Stupa
- Artist Nationality
- Tibetan or Nepalese
- Medium and Support
- bronze with inlaid turquoise and coral
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Tibet (autonomous region)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Tibet (autonomous region)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Buddhist
- Dimensions
- 42 cm x 14.5 cm x 14.6 cm (16 9/16 in. x 5 11/16 in. x 5 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 13th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Primary Object Type
- stupa
- Secondary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Secondary Object Type
- casting
- Physical Description
- A miniature stupa, cast of bronze in several parts, consisting of a bell-shaped base; an inverted cone-shaped tower, capped by an "umbrella" with pendant, fringe-like decoration, inlaid with semi-percious stone, surmounted by a lotus bud. Atop the whole structure is a half-moon and sun disk motif, supported by intertwined ribbons and culminating in another lotus bud.
- Subject Matter
- A miniature stupa, or reliquary for containing funerary ashes or other items intimately associated with a famous monk teacher in Buddhism. This form of this stupa is characteristic of a type used by the Kadampa School, surmounted with a sun and moon.
- Secondary Keywords
- asian
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- ceremonial containers
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 430 x 959
- File Size
- 55 KB
- Record
- 2003/1.386
- Link to this Item
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"Kadampa Stupa; Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2003-sl-1.386/2003_1.386.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
