Statue
| Object Number: | C72 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese Buddhist |
| Provenience: | China |
| Period: | Qing Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 18th Century |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1799 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Bronze Pigment Gilt |
| Technique: | Painted Gilt |
| Iconography: | Samantabhadra Elephant |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Spink & Son, 1914 |
| Other Number: | Getz 97 - Other Number A1495 - Old Museum Number 3 - Field No SF |
Description
Statuette. Partially gilt bronze image of Samantabhadra, one of the four great Bodhisattvas of the Tantric school. He is shown holding a scroll, and is seated on an elephant with the left foot extended. This manner of representing the foot is symbolic of a twofold nature, one celestial, the other terrestrial. Painted gilt.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914) | 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. 97 | 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. 46, No. 4 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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