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Statuette

Object Number:C67
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Chinese
Buddhist
Provenience: China
Period: Song Dynasty (uncertain)
Ming Dynasty (uncertain)
Qing Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made: 13th - 17th Century
Early Date: 1200
Late Date: 1699
Section:Asian
Materials:Bronze
Gilt
Technique:Gilt
Iconography:Luohan
Arhat
Buddha
Height: 24.76 cm
Credit Line:Gift of John Getz, 1914
Other Number:Getz 105 - Other Number
A1489 - Old Museum Number

Description

Gilt bronze image of a luohan as an ascetic. May also represent Sakyamuni Buddha as an ascetic.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] 14 Sep 1952. What in the World Television Program.. Actual CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 105View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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