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Kuvera (Jambhala)
850 - 930
- Medium
- bronze (metal)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 11.5 cm x width 6.6 cm x depth 5.9 cm x weight 488 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase Carlebach, New York, 1958)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
The god of prosperity was worshipped by Hindus (who called him Kuvera) and Buddhists (under the name Jambhala). During recent research a gold coin and gold and silver foil were discovered in the base of the statue, probably with an inscription. These lent the statue protection and divine power. The consecration of statues with the addition of such small objects is common in the Himalayas, but exceptional in Indonesia.
