Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature Votive Stupa

Date: c. 1000s
Medium: bronze with inlay of semiprecious stones
Culture: Eastern India, Bihar
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 150702

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Small-scale stupas were modeled on large monuments that contain relics of the Buddha or revered members of the Buddhist community within the solid, dome segment. Such models were made to commemorate a devotional visit to the monument. Four different sacred Buddhist images face each of the four directions: Shakyamuni, Vajrasattva, Maitreya, and Prajnaparamita. The spire consists of thirteen disk-like parasols that refer to the thirteen stages on the path to enlightenment.

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Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Provenance: ?-1982: (Sara Tremayne, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1982-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH