Artist: unknown
Title: The Great Stupa/Mount Meru at Borobudur, detail of the central
stupa on the top level
Material: volcanic rock
Site: Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia
Current Location: in situ
Period/Date: ca. end of the 8th - beginning of the 9th century,
under the Shailendra Dynasty
Iconography/Iconology: The central stupa is conceived of as the radiating
source of the entire monument, and the Buddha within it is the core of "Buddha
nature" (tathagatagarbha) underlying the iconography of the
site.
Stylistic Comments:
