Statue
Object Number: | C96 |
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Current Location: |
Asia Galleries Currently On Display |
Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
Provenience: | China |
Period: | Tang Dynasty |
Date Made: | Tang Dynasty |
Early Date: | 618 |
Late Date: | 906 |
Section: | Asian |
Materials: | Marble (Stone) Pigment Gilding |
Technique: | Painted Gilded Carved |
Iconography: | Wenshu Manjusri Lion |
Height: | 69 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1915 |
Other Number: | Getz 15 - Other Number |
Description
Wenshu (Manjusri in Sanskirt) is the bodhisattva of wisdom. He often rides a lion, as he does here. Other attributes include him holding the Prajnaparamita sutra, the book of Perfect Knowledge, in his left hand, and a sword in his right with a flaming point used to drive away darkness and ignorance. Chinese followers believed Mount Wutai in Shanxi province was Wenshu's abode, making it a place of Buddhist pilgrimage. Wenshu is often paried with Puxian (Samantabhadra in Sanskrit) who rides an elephant. The statue is made of marble with traces of pigment and gilding.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
China Gallery (22 Feb 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Chinese Rotunda (1968 - 22 Feb 2017) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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