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Plaque with elephant-headed warriors
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › South-east Asia › Burma › Pegu (place of creation)
- Date
- c. 1479
- Material and technique
- terracotta, modelled and incised, decorated with green and brown glaze
- Dimensions
- 48.7 x 37.2 x 4.8 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Cyril Newman, 1965.
- Accession no.
- EA1965.256
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Further reading
Stadtner, Donald M., ‘A Fifteenth-Century Royal Monument in Burma and the Seven Stations in Buddhist Art’, Art Bulletin, 73/1, (1991), p. 48 n. 32
Glossary
glaze
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glaze
Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.
Location
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First floor | Room 32 | India from 600
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First floor | Room 32 | India from 600
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