75 UMMA Objects
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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Amitabha (Ch. Amitofou) rescues sailors at sea
19th century
Gift of Robert and Frances Wagner
1980/2.179

Thai
Head of a Buddha
15th century
Anonymous Gift
1975/1.67

Thai
Head of a Buddha
15th century
Gift of Doris and Ed Wiener
1977/2.27

Thai
Head of a Buddha, with flaming topknot
1600 – 1799
Gift of the Estate of Margaret E. Tracy
1978/2.46

Thai
Head of a Buddha, adorned with a crown
16th century
Gift of the Estate of Margaret E. Tracy
1978/2.47
A finely cast miniature icon of the Buddha Amitâyus, seated on a double lotus pedestal.
Tibetan (Tibetan (culture or style))
The Buddha Amitâyus, seated in padmasana on a double lotus base, holding a vase of amrita (the elixir of long life)
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.279

Thai
Buddha bust, sheltered by Mucalinda (Khmer-Lopburi style)
12th century
Gift of John Adams Thierry in memory of Louis Sidney Thierry
1993/2.38
A fragment of a stucco relief sculpture.
Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Buddha, seated in the padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra, attended by Indra
100 – 399
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.83
Sculpture of a seated male figure
Thai
Buddha, seated in the ardha padmasana pose, in dhyana mudra and sheltered by Mucalinda
1175 – 1225
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1978/2.28
A small, solid gilt bronze image of the Budddha, shown standing in a slighly swayback pose with both right and left hands in vitarka mudra, the gesture ot teaching. His robe is draped over both shoulders and falls in large, symmentrical V-shaped folds in shallow relief over his torso. His head is small, with the canonical snail-shell curls suggested by tiny knobs of bronze. He has full cheeks, a well-defined mouth, and incised slits for his eyes. There are two incised rings at his neck (instead of the canonical three). He stands on a pedestal of upward, double-petal lotus petals, raised on a hollow base. Some turquoise patina is visible on tthe base and head.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Buddha, standing, in vitarka mudra
7th century
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.97

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Buddha, standing (extremely worn)
800 – 999
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1969/2.12
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