Miniature stūpa; cast in a copper alloy with dome in rock crystal.
The copper alloy portions were gilded (of which traces remain) and inset with stones (some semi-precious); seated Buddha figures under the rock-crystal dome; finial or parasol missing.
Details
- Title : Stupa
- Year : 17thC
- Classification : Figure/ Sculpture
- Medium : cast in a copper alloy; gilded (of which traces remain); inset with stones (some semi-precious)
- Dimension : Height: 4.5 inches Height: 105 millimetres Depth: 85 millimetres Width: 88 millimetres
- Accession No : 1948,1020.2 Object reference number: RRI9116
- Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
- Collection : The British Museum
- Credit Line : Bequeathed by: Percival Chater Manuk and Bequeathed by: Miss G M Coles Funded by: The Art Fund (as NACF)
- Acquisition Method : Bequeathed: Acquisition date 1948
- Status : Not on display