Title: The Birth of the Buddha
Object type: Votive plaque
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: Nepal
Medium: Mosaic set in a gilt-silver framework with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, garnets, quartz, pearls, amber, coral, lapis lazuli, turquoise, and semiprecious stones
Dimensions: 14 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (36.8 x 31.1 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1915
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Buddha, term: Brahma, term: Birth