A CLAY TABLET

Description:

North-East India, Pala period, possibly 12th cent.
H. 19 / 24,5 cm
The horse-shoe shaped tablet moulded with Buddha Shakyamuni placed in a shrine, seated in vajrasana on a lotus base, his right hand in the bhumisparsha while the left is resting on his lap, wearing monastic garment, his face displaying a serene expression, flanked by a pair of standing Buddha’s, the upper register with two groups of stupas flanking the roof of the shrine and an inscription of probably the Buddhist Creed in nagari script along the lower border.
Old German private collection - Partly damages and wear