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A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
A Votive plaque depicting a Bodhisattva in Amitabha's (Chinese. Amitofou's) Western Paradise, giving rebirth to new souls from lotus buds
618 – 907
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.17
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
A Votive plaque depicting the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha (Ch. Dizang), in Amitabha's Western Paradise
618 – 907
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.19
Plaque in the form of a snarling lion's face holding a double-edged "severn star" (here only three of the seven stars are depicted as large dots connected by lines) sword in its mouth and ornamented with a red octagon containing the characters for "daqi" surrounded by eight trigrams on its forehead.
Taiwanese
Protective Amulet
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.44
A red earthenware standing figure of Tianwang—Heavenly King, a Buddhist deity—wearing Tang dynasty styled armor including a helmet with flowing ribbons, elbow-length gauntlets, a cuirass with plaques, and taces, knee length greaves, and boots. The figure is standing on a rock-styled base, unglazed with traces of mineral pigment. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Tianwang
800 – 906
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.22
A small, thin, molded clay plaque with a bas-relief scene.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
A Votive plaque depicting the Buddha seated in dhyana mudra, and flanked by two stupas
618 – 907
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1964/2.23
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