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INDONESIA: SRIVIJAYA: LOT of 10 votive items

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Group Lots Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
INDONESIA: SRIVIJAYA: LOT of 10 votive items
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This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 18 @ 13:41UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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INDONESIA: SRIVIJAYA: LOT of 10 votive items, from around Palembang in southern Sumatra, including votive molds: all 6 in tin/lead, ranging from 103 x 92mm, 947g, to 53 x 40mm, 88g), 3 depicting the Buddha (in lotus position, standing between Avalokitesvara and Maitreya), 3 of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (known as Guanyin in Chinese, in lotus position, standing); votive tablets: 2 depicting Avalokitesvara, one in tin, 52 x 50mm, 121g, in lotus position with 8 arms, another in clay, 50 x 65mm, 53g, standing; plus a tin tablet (73 x 74mm) etched with vajra (thunderbolt), as well as a roll of tin (119g, ca. 40 x 5cm) etched with Javanese inscriptions on the inside; retail value $400, lot of 10 pieces. Palembang was the capital of the Srivijaya Empire (7th to 13th century) and a major center for trade and Buddhism in Southeast Asia. Among examples of its Buddhist art are these votive tablets, which were kept as talismans to safeguard seafaring vessels from shipwrecks.