One of a Pair of Votive Plaques

18th century

8.4 cm 12.5 cm 2.5 cm

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Today we can appreciate the precise details and vibrant colors of these small clay plaques, but they were probably not made to be viewed. Rather, they would have been placed inside a commemorative monument known as a stupa, or within the foundations of another Tibetan Buddhist...

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Christopher Bruckner, Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, June 1996; given to Walters Art Museum, 2014.
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