Statue - C355 | Collections

Object Number:	C355
Current Location:	Collections storage
Culture:	Chinese Buddhist
Provenience:	China Henan
Period:	Eastern Wei Dynasty Tianping
Date Made:	536 CE
Early Date:	536
Late Date:	536
Section:	Asian
Materials:	Bronze Gilt
Technique:	Gilded
Iconography:	Maitreya
Height:	61cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from C. T. Loo; Subscription of James B. Ford, 1918
Other Number	SL2914-3 - Other Number

Description

Gilt-bronze statuette of Maitreya. The statue is in typical Northern Wei style, standing with flowing robes and hands adopting the gestures (mudrās) 'fear-not' and 'charity offering'. A fiery aureole with a lotus halo is attached at the back of the figure with a pair of pins. The figure stands on a domed lotus, above a four-legged square base. On two sides of the base is an incised inscription recording the date (equivalent to April 9th, 536 CE) and location of manufacture (in Dingzhou 定州, in modern Henan), together with a list of subscribers.

The item was once in the collection of the late Qing statesman Duanfang 端方.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

	Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966)	View Objects in Exhibition
	Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

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