Memory, Memento, and Sacred Bond
Votive Plaque of Buddha
- 77
- Thailand
- 7th–8th century
- Terracotta
- H. 5 1/2 x W. 3 1/2 x D. 1/4 in. (13.9 x 8.9 x .6 cm)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter, M.87.278.19
This votive plaque is identical to tablets excavated in 1979 at a ruined stupa in Na Dun District, Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand. The stupa was evidently a monument of importance and likely enshrined a relic of the Buddha. In the course of excavation of the site, one thousand votive tablets, either fragmentary or whole, were collected from around the base of the stupa.
PHOTO CREDIT: © 2009 Museum Associates/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art