Statuette
| Object Number: | C14 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | Ming Dynasty (uncertain) Qing Dynasty (uncertain) |
| Date Made: | Ming Dynasty - 19th Century |
| Early Date: | 1368 |
| Late Date: | 1899 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Bodhisattva |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from T. M. Huang, 1913 |
| Other Number: | Getz 101 - Other Number 16 - Field No SF A1507 - Other Number A1427 - Old Museum Number |
Description
Seated bronze bodhisattva. Bronze Bodhisattva image in sedant form on a lotus thalamus. The richly adorned divinity represents one of the numerous Buddhas of the Mahayana school. The encrusted patina shows the old gilding in parts. Right hand damaged.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Special Exhibition: Classical and Oriental (12 Dec 1913 - 01 Nov 1915) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 101 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania, Office of the President. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 47 No. 8 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] 1913. The University Museum. Special Exhibition.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 31, No. 16 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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