Celestial figure with the hands in the gesture of paying respect (architectural ornament)
| Accession Nr.: | 89.5.1 |
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| Type: | wooden sculpture; architectural fragment |
| Date of production: |
19th century
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| Place of production: |
Male figure standing on a lotus throne, with his hands in the greeting gesture (Skt.: anjali mudra). He is dressed in the Burmese court costume with peaked cloud collar and layered waistclothes. The sculpture may originally have been the ornament of a pendiment or of a wooden roof structure, fitted into its place with the tenon below the lotus pedestal.