Foliate Pedestal for a Buddhist Image
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This superb example of Pala decorative art supported an icon (now missing), probably of a seated Buddhist deity in an articulated lotusbud mandala. The finely modeled openwork design is enhanced with independently cast and gilded ornaments, two of which survive: a flame motif and a conch shell. Few such lotus pedestals from the Pala period have survived, though the form is often depicted in contemporary Tibetan tankas. The Burmese provenance is a reminder of the close connections that existed between eastern India and the Burmese kingdom of Pagan in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.Free picture Foliate Pedestal for a Buddhist Image integrated with the OffiDocs web apps