Miniature Dhyani Buddha / Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2006/2.63
- Title
- Miniature Dhyani Buddha
- Artist Nationality
- Tibetan or Nepalese
- Medium and Support
- copper? set with mountain coral, turquoise, and lapis lazuli
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - early 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
- Dimensions
- 3.7 cm x 2.5 cm x 0.9 cm (1 7/16 in. x 1 in. x 3/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Jewelry
- Primary Object Type
- pendant
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Physical Description
- A tiny tear-drop-shaped metal (copper?) pendant, edged with beading, serving as support for a minature seated image of a Dhyani Buddha, made of inlaid semi-precious stones and copper wire. This may have originally been part of a necklace or tiara, or part of a brooch for a high-ranking monk's ritual costume.
- Subject Matter
- A crowned and jeweled figure of a Dhyana Buddha (a primordial Buddha, venerated in Vajrayana Buddhism), shown seated with legs pendant.
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- asian
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2524 x 1840
- File Size
- 618 KB
- Record
- 2006/2.63
- Link to this Item
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"Miniature Dhyani Buddha; Artist Unknown, Tibet or Nepal." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2006-sl-2.63/2006_2.63.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.