Statue
| Object Number: | C444 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
| Provenience: | China Hebei Xiangtangshan |
| Period: | Northern Qi Dynasty |
| Date Made: | Northern Qi Dynasty |
| Early Date: | 550 |
| Late Date: | 557 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Stone |
| Iconography: | Bodhisattva Head |
| Height: | 43 cm |
| Width: | 25.5 cm |
| Depth: | 23 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Worch of Paris, 1914 |
| Other Number: | Getz 20 - Other Number |
Description
Stone head of bodhisattva. Hard dark stone. Life size. Narrow oval face with half-closed eyes and tiny mouth; no urna; long ears with pierced lobes and earrings; three peaked headdress with tassels partly missing.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| World Tour of Bodies of Culture: Body Modification (1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Buddhist Asia (21 Oct 2012 - 01 Apr 2022) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue] Tsiang, Katherine R. 2010. Echoes of the past : the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan.. Chicago. The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 251 fig. 90 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Steinhardt, Nancy S. 2008. "The Chinese Rotunda". Arts of Asia. Kowloon. Arts of Asia Publications, Ltd. Vol. 38. no. 5. pg. 83-95 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 87, Fig. 18 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Howard, Angela F. 2001. "Reconstructing the Original Location of a Group of Sculptures in the University of Pennsylvania Museum". Orientations (Hong Kong). Hong Kong. Orientations Magazine Ltd. Vol. 32. no. 2. pg. 32-39 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 35 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Jayne, Horace H. 1941. "The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 9. no. 2-3. pg. 9-50 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 61 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Siren, Osvald. 1925. Chinese sculpture from the fifth to the fourteenth century; over 900 specimens in stone, bronze, lacquer and wood, principally from northern China.. London. E. Benn, Ltd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 129-130, Plate 475C | View 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: 184 no.20 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Bishop, Carl W. 1914. "Two Sculptured Chinese Heads". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. V. no. 3. pg. 136-140 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 136-140 | 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: No. 12 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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