Plaque with Standing Buddha
Not on view
This Buddha holds his right hand in a teaching gesture (vitarkamudra) and stands under a tree that alludes to Bodhgaya, the place of his enlightenment. Such gold plaques were sometimes buried as a foundation deposit prior to the construction of a temple.
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