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Title: Buddha, seated under a canopy of 3 leaves on a double lotus dais in the padmasana pose, in bhumisparsa mudra, flanked by two stupas
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
Physical Description: The Buddha in bhumisparsa mudra (the gesture of touching the earth with his right hand, palm inward), signaling his victory over Mara. He is shown under three leaves, indicating the bodhi tree under which he sat while meditating before reaching an awakening. He is shown flanked by two stupas, or reliquary monuments, symbolizing his attainment of nirvana.
Century: 11th century
Object Creation Date: 11th century
Accession Number: 1983/1.396
Medium and Support: black schist
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Title: Buddha, seated in bhumisparsa mudra, surrounded by five stupas (votive plaque)
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
Physical Description: This clay votive plaque depicts the Buddha in the gesture of “calling the earth to witness." He is shown here surrounded by five stupas, or reliquary monuments.
Century: 12th century
Object Creation Date: 12th century
Accession Number: 1990/1.176
Medium and Support: terracotta
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Title: Tara
Artist: Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
Physical Description: Black schist carved in the relief of Green Tara, a guide and saviouress on the Buddhist path to enlightenment. She holds two lotuses, one open and one closed and makes the gesture of gift-giving with her palm facing outwards, towards the devotee.
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: 10th century
Accession Number: 1981/2.156
Medium and Support: black schist
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Title: Vishnu Stele, four-armed Vishnu with two of his attributes personified
Artist: Artist Unknown
Physical Description: Vishnu stand in a strict unbending pose, samabhanga and has four hands. Reading clockwise from the front right hand, he holds lotus, a club, a discus and a conch. The lotus and conch are also personified with full standing figures at the base below his tow front hands, the lotus as a female figure to his right and the conch as a male figure to his left. On the pointed arch behind the figure a flying figure holding garlands is carved in shallow relief to either side of his crown. He wears a diaphanous lower cloth, the folds of the garment are articulated with a flared section down the center. He wears a long garland down to his knees, a sacred thread and various pieces of jewelry, including bracelets, armlets, a necklace and large earrings and an elaborate crown.
Century: 10th century
Object Creation Date: circa 10th century
Accession Number: 2003/1.385
Medium and Support: black schist
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