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Title:Sealing Depicting the Buddha at the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya
Period:Pala period
Date:9th century
Culture:India (Bihar)
Medium:Terracotta
Dimensions:H. 7 1/16 in. (18 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) D. 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Classification:Sculpture
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession Number:33.50.10
[ American Art Galleries , New York, until 1933; sold to MMA]
Dayton Art Institute. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," November 11, 1989–January 14, 1990.
Baltimore. Walters Art Museum. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," February 17, 1990–April 15, 1990.
Newark Museum. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," May 19, 1990–August 26, 1990.
Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago. "Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th c.) and its International Policy," October 9, 1990–December 2, 1990.
College of the Holy Cross. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," January 25, 2010–April 10, 2010.
Loyola University Museum of Art. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," August 20, 2010–November 14, 2010.
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," January 26, 2011–May 20, 2011.
Rubin Museum of Art. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," July 1, 2011–October 30, 2011.
Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture. "Agents of Faith: Votive Objects in Time and Place," September 14, 2018–January 6, 2019.
Huntington, Susan L., and John C. Huntington. Leaves from the Bodhi Tree: The Art of Pala India (8th–12th centuries) and its International Legacy. Exh. cat. [Dayton, Ohio]: Dayton Art Institute in association with the University of Washington Press, 1990, p. 182, cat. no. 56.
Raguin, Virginia C., Dina Bangdel, and F. E. Peters, eds. Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. Exh. cat. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2010, pp. 52–53, fig. 20.
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