[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Figure # Figure This standing Buddha was originally a portable processional shrine. It is assembled from a figure, base and nimbus. The projection at the summit of the nimbus was intended to support an honorific umbrella, a signifier of rank. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 495–604 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-12-1948](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-12-1948) · Pramāṇa