Re: POSSIBLE SRI-VIJAYAN OR MAJAPAHIT ARTIFACT


"tumbaga" <tanso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Agusan Gold Image: Sui generis
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> By Vicente C. de Jesús
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> The image, weighing nearly four pounds and made of 21-carat gold(
> William H. Scott says "a kilo and a half of 24-carat gold"), is that
> of a female Buddhist? Hindu? deity, seated cross-legged. Its
> headdress, arms and other parts of the body are richly ornamented.
> Dr. Juan Francisco dates it to the late 13th or early 14th century.
> Francisco thinks it is Buddhist, a Mahayana bodhisattva from
> Madjapahit Java. It's considered "one of the most spectacular
> discoveries in Philippine archaeological history." The object is now
> with The Field Museum in Chicago. Quite mystifyingly Field Museum
> has not come out with a more rigorous investigation by world experts
> that would arguably give a more definitive view.

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Any pix of this artifact?

Museum Piggy



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