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Altar piece, one of an altar set of the Eight Buddhist Emblems (ba ji xiang). Depicts the Victory Banner mounted on a lotus pedestal, constructed in two detachable parts. The lotus pedestal consists of a platform surrounded by multi-tiered overlapping lotus petals, raised on a tall stem embellished with four foliate scrolls, set atop a domed embellished base with sea waves, bands of cloud motifs and bosses, and a row of recurved petals at the bottom. The Victory Banner is sometimes represented as a canopy resembling a parasol. It symbolises the victory of the Buddha's teaching over ignorance and evil. Carved wood covered with red lacquer and gold pigment.
caption: General view of object no. 13.12.54/5. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Buddhism wood lacquer pigment altar pieces (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus) | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-52914 | Go to resource |
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