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The Buddha of Infinite Life seated on a platform throne holding a vase surrounded by a flaming mandorla.
Amitabha Buddha銅鎏金無量壽佛像
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Amitabha Buddha銅鎏金無量壽佛像

Artist Chinese Artist
DateQing dynasty (1644-1911), 1770
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumGilt bronze
Dimensions8 5/16 x 4 5/8 x 3 3/4 in. (21.1 x 11.7 x 9.5 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by friends of the Harn Museum
Object number2005.9
Collections
Visual DescriptionThe Buddha of Infinite Life seated on a platform throne holding a vase surrounded by a flaming mandorla.
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18th century
Goddess figure wearing an elaborate robe. Hands holding a symbol in front of her.
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Chinese Artist
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 17th century
Sadakshari is seated on a lotus throne, gilt bronze with semi-precious stone inlays.
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13th century
Realistically formed inside and out as a clam shell, each side engraved with a large central flower head encircled by a border of eight foliate lobes surrounded by leafy foliate scroll, all reserved on a ring-punch ground, the hinged area engraved with feathers bearing traces of gilding
Parcel-gilt Shell-shaped Silver Box 銀鎏金蚌形盒
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Gilt wood carving with painted colors, in the shape of mandorla on a lotus base and the Buddhist swastika symbol in the top roundel.
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불패
佛牌
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Thai Artist
15th-16th century
Long-tailed bird in flight; holding leafy branch from it's beak which trails underneath it's body; the design is punched from the ungilt reverse side.
Parrot Applique
Chinese Artist
Tang Dynasty (618-907), 8th century
A bearded man holding a basin his head.
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A sea shell forming the body of the gilt-bronze animal lying semi-recumbent with legs tucked neatly under the body and with head raised up, with antlers and ears flared back to hold the shell in place
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