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Bronze Amitabha (?)
Keywords : ฺฺBronze sculptures
Type of artwork | Sculpture |
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Village | National Museum |
Province/City | Jakarta |
State | Western Java |
Country | Indonesia |
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : -6.176944 Long : 106.821944 |
History of production | - |
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Period | Historical Period |
Art period | Mid Central Javanese Art |
Age | 13th-15th century BE. |
Religion | Buddhism |
Sect | Mahayana |
Religion and belief | Amitabha is a monk of the west. He is at the fourth Eon which is the current Eon. The land where he lives is called Sukhawadee or Paradise land. Avalokitesvara is his Buddha. |
Related artwork | The statue is sitting in the cross-legged position (Wachara Rasada), showing the Dhyani Mudra's meditation (Pang Meditation). This is a symbolic gesture of Amitabha. However, it is uncertain that the figure refers to the Amitabha or the Shakyamuni Buddha. |
Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
Date of record creation | 2015-07-00 |
Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |