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Stone model of the Mahabodhi temple

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Associated place

Asia › India › east India › Bihar › Bodhgaya (place of creation)

Asia › India › east India › Bihar › Bodhgaya › Mahabodhi temple (subject)

Date

mid-11th century

Material and technique

stone

Dimensions

11.1 x 8.8 x 5 cm max. (height x width x depth)

Material index

inorganic › stone

Technique index

formed › carved,

carved

Object type index

production/replication › model › model building/structure,

architecture › building/structure › temple,

miscellaneous equipment › model › model building/structure

No. of items

1

Credit line

Purchased, 1996.

Accession no.

EA1996.4
Further reading

Topsfield, Andrew, ‘Indian Art at the Ashmolean Museum’, Oriental Art, 43/4, (Winter 1997-1998), p. 28, illus. p. 26 fig. 11

Branfoot, Crispin, ‘Pilgrimage in South Asia: Crossing Boundaries of Space and Faith’, Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot, eds, Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), p. 70, illus. p. 70 fig. 70

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006, Pilgrimage: The Sacred Journey, Ruth Barnes and Crispin Branfoot, eds. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), p. 70, illus. p. 70 fig. 70

Location

- First floor | Room 32 | India from 600

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