Kadampa chorten or stupa
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Details
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Title
Kadampa chorten or stupa
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Associated place
Tibet (place of creation) -
Date
13th - 14th century (1201 - 1400) -
Material and technique
silver, inset with semi-precious stones
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
10.2 cm (height)
4.8 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Purchased, 1997.
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Museum location
First floor | Gallery 32 | India from AD 600 -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1997.199
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Catalogue text
Cast in silver and with three small stones inlaid along one edge of the harmika, this refined and very well preserved chorten adheres to the canons of form and proportion of the classic Kadampa type (cat. 54). There are no inscriptions or consecration marks on the base plate. In view of its pristine condition, diminutive size, and relatively light weight, one may speculate that this chorten may formerly have been placed inside an image of a lama or a Buddha, as part of its consecration contents.
In: Heller, Amy, Early Himalayan Art (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2008)
Further reading
Heller, Amy, Early Himalayan Art (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2008), no. 60 on p. 166, p. 29, illus. p. 166
