Portable icon of Shakyamuni Buddha in the Earth-touching gesture
late 1100s–early 1200s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Portable icon of Shakyamuni Buddha in the Earth-touching gesture, late 1100s–early 1200s. Cambodia, reign of Jayavarman 7th. Bronze; overall: 42 x 18.5 x 3 cm (16 9/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1964.93 Bronze images such as this were used to transfer a sacred presence from one temple to another.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 42 x 18.5 x 3 cm (16 9/16 x 7 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.93
- Credit Line
- Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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