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Plaque with the Image of Amitabha Triad

금동판제 아미타삼존상 (金銅板製阿彌陀三尊像)

676–935
(676-935)
embossed copper plate covered with gold leaf
Overall: 11.5 x 11 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/16 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1987.59
Location: not on view
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The plate was created by hammering softly from the back of the metal sheet. This technique is called repoussé.

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This plate is embossed with an image of the Amitabha Buddha flanked by two attendants. Amitabha is believed to dwell in the Western Paradise where repentant souls are reborn in a lotus pond. Here, this savior deity is sitting in a lotus pedestal.
Plaque with the Image of Amitabha Triad

Plaque with the Image of Amitabha Triad

676–935

Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)

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