Bronze Cunda

Type of artwork	Sculpture
Village	National Museum
Province/City	Jakarta
State	Western Java
Country	Indonesia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : -6.176944 Long : 106.821944

History of production	-
Art	Small bronze sculpture in Central Java might have been personal belongings of monks. The style is very similar to Pala art in terms of costumes, iconography and the back of the throne. The back of the throne of this bronze sculpture is very simialr to that of Pala art especially the round back and the occasional decoration of flame and the umbrealla.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Mid Central Javanese Art
Age	13th-15th centuries BE.
Religion	Buddhism
Religion and belief	Cunda is a female Bodhisttavara in Mahayan Buddhism. She became a queen from the great mercy of Avalokitesavara. Therefore, she is associalted with meditation and normally portrayed as Tayanamudha in the front hands.
Related artwork	In Central Java art, All Cunda sculptures sit in meditatiin posture and both hands are placed together on the laps. This is similar to Tayanamudha,which is a special mudra for this Bodhisttavara.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali